Ex parte Saadi

Petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner herein is being held by the immigration authorities for deportation to France. He gave notice to the district director of his application for the writ, claiming that his detention is illegal. This notice was in form an order to show cause, and the respondent answered. Argument was presented by briefs, and the matter was heretofore submitted for, decision.

The facts are not in dispute. Petitioner is a native of Egypt, of the Syrian race, and a citizen of France. He entered the United States in September, 1922, at the port of New York. On Sunday, January 30, 1927, petitioner loft the United States and entered Mexico. He did not register with the immigration officers at the gate at the Mexican line in order to identify himself. Later, in the afternoon of the same day, he presented himself in the immigration office at the same point for re-entry into the United States. Upon being questioned, he stated that he was an alien, but had no evidence in his possession of a documentary or other nature to corroborate his claim that he had theretofore been domiciled within the United States. Not being satisfied of the alien’s right to enter,…