Catalino C. Santos v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

The petitioner, Santos, seeks review by this court of the Final Order of the Respondent Service, hereinafter called the Service, that the petitioner be deported. The order was entered pursuant to Section 242(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b), hereinafter referred to as the Act. Section 106 of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1105a gives this court jurisdiction to review that order.

The petitioner is a citizen of the Philippines. From 1947 to July 1959 he worked on the Island of Guam. He had the status of a permanent resident of Guam, pursuant to 8 C.F.R., 4.2(J). He left Guam in July 1959, to become a cook-steward for a shipping company, and for fourteen months sailed in that capacity among the Pacific Islands. During this period he twice landed on Guam. In 1960 he landed in the Philippines, and visited his wife and children there, while awaiting further sailing orders from his former employer company. Such orders never came, so he inquired about other employment that would return him to Guam. In the summer of 1961 he contacted the American Consul in Manila who advised him to return to Guam to establish his right to permanent residence. In March, 1962, he went to…