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Look v. Burnett

Good Law
65 F.2d 594·1933 U.S. App. LEXIS 3086
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 12, 1933No. 7063California258 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

In some respects, this is a hard case. The alien has lived here since 1898; has an American-born Chinese wife, and American-born children.

The sole question, however, before us is whether he was given a fair hearing, and whether there was such substantial evidence as justified the immigration authorities in finally concluding, after the ease had been reopened for further evidence, that he should be deported because found here in violation of section 19 of the Immigration Act of February 5,1917 (8 USCA § 155).

The warrant of deportation ordered his return on the statutory ground that “he is employed by, in, or in connection with a house of prostitution, or music, or dance hall, or other place of amusement, or resort, habitually frequented by prostitutes, or where prostitutes gather.”

After the reopened hearing was concluded, the Department made a finding that:

We deem is unnecessary to detail the evidence. It suffices to say that in our judgment there was substantial evidence that the alien at and for about a week before his arrest was employed in a gambling resort; that that resort was habitually frequented by prostitutes who secured their customers in the gambling room and…

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