Seager

The fishing boat Western Enterprise, Yonejiro Nakasuji, master and part owner, *411 on March 4, 1931, cleared from the port of San Pedro, C'al., for Ensenada, Mexico, proceeding in ballast. At Ensenada on March 5th the master signed on as additional members of his crew five Japanese aliens whose presence has given rise to this litigation. The boat then proceeded in ballast to San Pedro, arriving there on the morning of March 6th. The United States immigration inspector boarded the boat and questioned the bona fide status of the aliens signed on at Mexico the day before as seamen, with the result that he served notice on the master to detain them on board and to deport them from the United States. The boat remained in the port of San Pedro until March 15th, when it cleared for Mexican waters, carrying the five aliens whose detention and deportation had been ordered.

The boat proceeded to Magdalena Bay, Mexico, fishing, and about April 4th arrived at San Diego with a cargo of fish, but proceeded on to San Pedro. It remained in San Pedro until April 13th, when again it cleared for Mexican waters, fishing in the Magdalena Bay region. The vessel again arrived at San Diego about May…