Ex Parte Kojiro Sugimori

Petitioner is an alien, a native of Japan. He entered the United States in 1903 as a member of the crew of a vessel, left the vessel with permission at the port of New York, *783 and has resided in the United States ever since, engaging in various occupations, principally fishing. On November 5, 1925, desiring to transact some business that required his presence in Mexico, he applied to the Japanese consulate at Los Angeles for a document which is nothing more than a certificate of identification. In it the Japanese Consul at Los Angeles certifies that petitioner presented himself at his office and declared his intention to proceed to Mexico and return to the United States. His photograph is attached. This document apparently is issued for the benefit of Japanese going into Mexico and not in any sense authorized by the United States immigration laws or regulations. It is visaed by the Mexican consul at Los Angeles. The indorsement of A. A. Musgrave, United States immigrant inspector at Tia Juana, shows that on December 22, 1925, pétitioner departed to Mexico for a temporary stay, and on the same date, according to the initialed signature of some one in the immigration service, he…