Cheung Sum Shee v. Nagle

Petitioners are alien wives and minor children, of resident Chinese merchants lawfully domiciled within the United States. - They departed from China on the Steamship President Lincoln, and upon arrival at San Francisco, July 11, 1924, sought permanent admission to the United States. The Secretary of Labor denied-théir-applications and gave the following reasons therefor—

“ Neither the mercantile status of the husband and father, nor the applicant’s relationship, to him, has been- investigated for the reason that even if it were conceded that both these elements exist the applicants would be…