United States ex rel. Cherwonick v. Smith

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Cherwonieks, aliens and citizens of Canada, applied for admission to the United States at Winnipeg, Canada, on March 18, 1925,. but were denied admission because they were not in possession of immigration visas. On June 15,1925, they entered the United States surreptitiously, at Detroit, Mich., without immigration visas and without submitting to inspection or effectuating a legal entry. They were arrested January 31, 1930, upon a warrant issued by an Assistant Secretary of Labor, charging them with being subject to deportation under the provisions •of the…