In re Naturalization of Barandiaran

PALMIERI, District Judge.

This is a petition for naturalization under Public Law No. 86, 67 Stat. 108, 83d Cong., 1st Sess. 1953, 8 U.S.C.A. § 1440a, by a native of Spain.

The petitioner was legally admitted to the United States as a seaman on August 17, 1946 and served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States from January 14, 1949 to January 20, 1950 and from February 26, 1951 to February 14, 1953.

On July 3, 1949, while petitioner was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, he crossed the border at ,E1 Paso, Texas, and entered Mexico. He remained in Mexico for approximately four hours and…