In re Hilden

RIFKIND, District Judge.

The petitioner has for more than one year, during the five year period immediately preceding the filing of his petition for naturalization, been absent from the United States. His departure was voluntary but the prolongation of his absence was involuntary. He never abandoned his “residence” in the United States. Is he qualified to be admitted to citizenship? The precise question has never been passed upon under the statute now in effect. 8 U.S.C.A. § 707. Does involuntary absence from the United States constitute absence within the meaning of the stat*846ute which…