Git Foo Wong, Also Known as Chuck Sen Wong v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Git Foo Wong, petitioner herein, entered the United States illegally in 1951 at about the age of 15 years, falsely claiming to be the son of a United States citizen. Petitioner has been continuously present in this country from that time except that in November, 1961, while living in Santa Paula, California, he drove to Mexico for a Sunday sightseeing trip, remaining there about two hours, and was then readmitted to this country as a United States citizen. In 1962 he voluntarily appeared before the Immigration and Naturalization Service and confessed he was illegally in the United States. Deportation proceedings were then commenced against him. In these proceedings petitioner admitted deport-ability and applied for suspension of deportation under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. § 1254 . The special inquiry offi cer held that petitioner was not eligible for suspension of deportation because by reason of the two-hour trip to Mexico he had not been “physically present in the United States for a continuous period of not less than seven years” as required by the Immigration and Nationality Act, § 244(a), 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (a). The evidence of record…