In re Rhagat Singh

These cases involve the right of the individuals named to land at the port of San Francisco, having already been landed at Manila and coming thence here. Upon their arrival *701 they were arrested, and after a hearing ordered deported as persons likely to become public charges.

It is sought to have the action of the Department of Commerce and Labor, denying their right to land and ordering their deportation, reviewed by this court, on three general grounds:

(1) Because they were not accorded a fair hearing by the immigration officers, at this port.

(2) Because there is no evidence to support the finding that each of said petitioners is a person likely to become a public charge.

(3) Because having already been permitted to land at Manila they are entitled, coming thence to the mainland, to be landed here as a matter of right, and without further examination.

[1] The assignment that the petitioners were not accorded a fair hearing by the immigration officers is predicated chiefly upon the fact that on or about August 20, 1913, and after the testimony of the petitioners had been taken and certain affidavits filed in their behalf, the petitioners and their attorneys were informed…