DeJONG

interim Decision #2659 MATTER OF DEJONG In Exclusion Proceedings A-22461648 Decided by Board July 14, .1978 (1) Under section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, an immigration judge did not have jurisdiction to consider the admissibility of the "alien crew members" of 111/V Dosina, an oil tanker which operated as a lightering vessel, off the coast of California, 'who had applied for temporary permission to land as "alien crewmen." (2) When the immigration inspector found that the alien crew members did not qualify as "bona fide crewmen," the proper procedure was to refuse them…