United States ex rel. Aznar v. Commissioner of Immigration

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

A writ of habeas corpus was granted in this proceeding on August 24, 1923, and came on for hearing in September, 1923, for the purpose of securing the release of Elodia Gisbert Lledo, an immigrant. She was excluded for the reason that the quota from Spain, the country from whence she came, for the month of August, was filled at the time of her application for entry. The specific reason given is: /

“Alien excluded as coming in August quota, and also as L. P. C., in view of the fact that the department does not recognize proxy marriages.”

*104I denied the release of the…