United States Ex Rel. Claussen v. Day

Petitioner is an alien held upon a warrant issued by the Assistant Secretary of Labor for deportation under § 19 of the Immigration Act of 1917, U. S. C., Tit. 8, § 155. On his petition, the district court for the southern district of New York issued a writ of habeas corpus. Respondent made return and after a hearing the writ was dismissed. The Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.

Section 19 contains the following: “At any time within five years after entry . . . any alien who is hereafter sen tenced to imprisonment for a term of one year or more because of conviction in this country of a crime…