Morini

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant was ordered deported to Italy on the grounds that he entered the United States by land at a place other than at a designated port of entry for aliens; that he was a person likely to become a public charge at the time of his entry; and that he has been convicted of, or admits having committed, a felony, or other crime of misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, prior to entry.

We need consider the first ground only. The appellant is a native and subject of Italy; he first entered the United States in 1906 or 1907; he departed from the United States, and entered the republic of Mexico, November 17, 1926; he attempted to return to the United States on the same evening, and was told by the immigration officer to appear the next morning for examination, but instead of so doing he entered the United States surreptitiously, at a place other than a place designated as a port of entry for aliens. Section 19 of the Immigration Act of 1917, 39 Stat. 889 (8 USCA § 155), provides that any alien who phall have entered the United States by water at any time or place other than as designated by…