Maniglia v. Commander of Guiseppe Verdi

BREWSTER, District Judge.

Calogero Maniglia came to this country on Aug,ust 18, 1923. After hearing, held by the immigration authorities at Ellis Island, the alien was refused admission; the exclusion order being *681based on three grounds, viz.: (1) that he was physically defective; (2) that he was likely to become a public charge; (3) that he obtained admission on an irregular passport improperly issued to him as a citizen of the United States.

The alien’s father is a naturalized citizen of the United States, but the alien is not. The Department of State has refused to waive the irregularities of…