United States ex rel. Fink v. Reimer

LEIBELL, District Judge.

This is a return to a writ of habeas corpus. The relator, Nathan Fink, has been ordered deported and now petitions for his release.

The following facts are not disputed: In February, 1927, the relator, a citizen of Poland, secured from the American Consulate at Warsaw a preference quota immigration visa under the name of Markus Apfelroth. The real Apfelroth had a son in New York City, who was an American citizen. Apfelroth was thus entitled to a preference “under the Polish quota. The son had petitioned for the admission of his father, and a preference visa had been…