Vicente Navarrette-Navarrette v. H. R. Landon, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization, Department of Justice

Vicente Navarrette-Navarrette appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court discharging his writ of habeas corpus and ordering him remanded to custody under a final order of deT. portation. Appellee, Landon, is the District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service,

Appellant is a native and citizen of Mexico who entered this country for permanent residence in 1920 and has since resided in Southern California. The events leading to the deportation order are n°ted below.

In 1949, appellant was offered fifty dollars by Juan Ramirez to assist the latter’s alien brother to enter the United States. Following this, appellant went from his home in California to Tijuana, T , .^ mAn t. Mexico, on July 16, 1949, where he con- , , tacted the alien brother, along with three ,, T other aliens. In the ensuing conversa- ,. n tion, appellant informed the aliens thathe could not assist them across the mternational line, but that if they got aeross he wouM driye them to their destination in Corona, California. The four aliens illegally entered the United States without inspection and met appellant In San Ysidro, California, just north of the border. While in appellant’s…