Ex Parte Eng

GOODMAN, District Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus, to avoid deportation to China pursuant to an' order of the Attorney General of the United States. The cause is under submission to this Court upon the petition for the writ, the respondent’s (Commissioner of Immigration) return to the order to show cause, — to which is appended the petitioner’s immigration record, — and the briefs on file.

The following facts appear from the record before the Court: Petitioner is an alien' Chinese, who lawfully entered the United • States in 1923 and has ever since resided here. On July 30,…