Wong Gum v. McGranery

Plaintiff’s case is as follows: Plaintiff Wong Gum was born in October, 1928, at Tai Char, China; his father is Wong Sun; his mother is Chan Soolc Yee. The father was born in China and was admitted to the United States in September, 1921, as the son of a native-born citizen, and the father always was and now is a citizen of the United States. In 1926, the father took a trip to China and married the mother in China; the father returned to the United States in 1928, leaving behind him in China his first-born son who was about one year old, and his wife who was then pregnant with their second son, who is the plaintiff in this action. In 1928, the father set forth all the foregoing facts in writing to *115 the Immigration Authorities. In 1947, the mother came to the United States and was admitted as the wife of Wong Sun. A few months later, their two sons came to the United States, were held in detention by the Immigration Service for about nine months to June, 1948, and were then admitted to bail pending further investigation. In November, 1948, the Immigration Authorities ordered the deportation of plaintiff and his older brother. . In December, 1948, the older brother was deported,…