In re Lea’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““The question as to whether she belongs to a class whose presence in the country is unlawful has been committed to the political department of the government; and, if her right depended solely on that question, I should decline to consider her case further, since, notwithstanding the illegal proceedings under which she is held, she would still be liable to deportation. But. assuming that sbe belongs to a class of aliens not permitted by tlie act of 3903 to remain in tbe country, the question as to whether sbe was residing in the country at the time tbe law was passed is, in my opinion, like tbe question of alienage, one that involves tbe jurisdiction of the officers authorized by that law to deport aliens. If the petitioner is not within the operation of tlie law, she is not answerable to the authority conferred by it upon the administra live department of the government. Her rights in such a case are like those of a citizen. It will not be contended that a person claiming to he a citizen is concluded by the decision of tbe immigration officers that she is an alien.””

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   e.g. United States v. Sprung