Juan Pineiro-Lopez v. Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

On January 24, 1956, appellant entered this country as a nonimmigrant crewman under § 101(a) (15) (D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 1 Under applicable administrative regulations, 2 he was given a D-l landing permit, 3 the terms of which permit entry into this country until the crewman’s vessel departs for a foreign port or until the expiration of twenty-nine days, whichever occurs first. On February 12, 1956, nineteen days after entering the country, appellant was arrested at his home by immigration officers who believed that the vessel on which appellant had…