Varleta v. Barber

HARRIS, District Judge.

Petitioner, a native of the Philippine Islands, entered the Hawaiian Islands for permanent residence in 1931. On March 22, 1935, via the steamship Hanover, he entered the United States, in which country he has continuously resided except for periods of employment aboard American owned vessels.

Upon the return of petitioner’s vessel from a foreign port on November 22, 1947, he was detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Hearings by the latter body culminated in an order of deportation, directing petitioner to be sent to the Philippine Islands. Such order…