Legal Opinion
Hansen v. Haff
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 5, 1934No. 325PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
By § 3 of the Immigration Act of 19171 Congress ordained “ That the following classes of aliens shall be excluded from admission into the United States: . . . prostitutes, or persons coming into the United States for the purpose of- prostitution or for any other immoral purpose.” In reliance upon this mandate the petitioner, was ordered deported, and the question is whether she is within the proscribed class.
She is a citizen of Denmark, and first came here, in 1922, making her home in Los Angeles, California, where she was employed as a domestic servant. In 1924 she. became acquainted with a…
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- Sloan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
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