United States Ex Rel. Kustas v. Williams the Steel Seafarer

SWAN, Chief Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether, upon the return from a foreign voyage of a bona fide alien seaman who signed on at a United States port as a member of the crew of an American vessel, the examining immigration inspector has authority on the basis of confidential information to order the seaman detained on board at all United States ports, thereby in effect ordering that he be excluded and deported, without the inspector’s decision being reviewed by the Commissioner of Immigration or being subject to judicial review by writ of habeas corpus.

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