Carr
Iku Kono Ishihama v. Carr
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Wilbur, J.
Appellant was ordered deported by the Immigration authorities. A writ of habeas corpus was issued on her application. After hearing thereon, she was ordered remanded to the custody of the immigration authorities for deportation together with her husband, Sakutaro Ishihama.
The order of deportation was based on the charge that she had been found assisting a prostitute and that she had been found receiving, sharing in, and deriving benefits from the earnings of a prostitute, for which, under the terms of section 19 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 ( 8 U.S.C.A. § 155 ), she was subject to deportation.
The evidence submitted to the immigration authorities tended to show that the appellant and her husband were operating a hotel at El Centro, Cal. That she invited two young girls who were practicing prostitution in the neighborhood to come to the hotel for that purpose, upon an agreement they would divide their earnings with the appellant. This they did. The credibility of this testimony Was for the consideration of the immigration authorities and their decision thereon is binding upon the courts.