Ex parte Mock Kee Song

ST. SURE, District Judge.

Applicant, a chínese, claims that he was born in San Francisco in 1882, was taken to China by his parents about 1888, returned and was admitted to the United States in 1896. Between 1909 and 1930 he made five trips to China, and on each .occasion was given a citizen’s return certificate, and readmitted. He brought five sons to this country, securing admission for them on the ground of his claimed nativity. In 1931 he again applied for a return certificate, which was denied. Through counsel learned in immigration procedure, applicant took an appeal to the Secretary of…