Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-14
HINDUS BEGIN
MOVE TO enter
This TERRITORY
-Four Held at Station-Recent
Decision Upholds Powers of
immigration Officials

OTle0I as CONTRACT IdOOTSFS anu -FOUR
more now held at the federal immi-
grafton station on an order of depor-
tation as likely to become public
charges, give evidence that the East
Indians are beginning to look to Ha-
waii as a possible promised land" for
their wander rings.
u Already denied entrance at many
coast points, made the subject of at
tack In the United States and Canada,
the Hindu immigrants who have been
crossing the Pacific ocean by the hun
'Idred are getting little encouragement
lin their efforts to land on the main
land of North America. Moreover, a
recent important court decision in the
state of Washington is believed by i'm
migration officials to have vastly
strengthened their powers in handling
the Hindu invasion" ~ ~ d
| This decision may have a direct
bearing on the case Of the four Hindus
held by Inspector-in-C Charge r. L.
Halsey of the federal station here.
Arriving on the Persia month ago
were four Hindus, who, after exami-
nation at the station, were detained on
the ground that they give every evil
dence of becoming public charges if
admitted to the United States. They
at once appealed to the secretary of
i labor In Washington and are now at
4 the station awaiting disposition of
4 their case. Their names are Brem
Singh, Lunder Singh, Lal Singh and
Ruar Singh.
/ Decision Regarded as Important
j Meanwhile, the decision of the fed.
eral Judge for the western district of
Washington, northern division, has
been hailed with JOY by Immigration
officials up and down the coast and
the coast newspapers regard 1t as
helping TO put up the bars against I'm.
desirable aliens. In brief, this deci.
sion upholds the broad powers of i'm
migration officials, holding that the
courts have no jurisdiction over their
acts except to determine whether or
not the immigrants asking admittance
were given a full and fair examina.
tion. Judge Jeremiah Neterer deliy-
iered the decision.
OF particular interest now is tho
/ fact that the decision upheld the inn.
migration authorities OF Seattle in
denying admittance to Is HinGus.
These Hindus alleged that they had
| previously resided in the Philippines,
which would greatly strengthen their
case in seeking to enter the United
| States, but the court deciding that
| they had been given q fair examiha,
| ton, refused to allow their petition
for writ of habeas corpus.
Judge Neterer's Decision.
In his decision Judge Neterer said: /
Section 20 of the Immigration act
Of February 90, 1907, amended by the
act of March 6, 1911, and March 4,
1918, provides: That any alien who
shall enter the United States in Yio-
lation of law and as such become pub
lie charges for causes existing prior
to landing, shall upon the warrant of
the secretary of labor be taken into
custody and sdeported to the country
whence he came at any time within
three years after the date of his entry
into the United States -"
atSection 81 provides: That in case
the secretary of labor shall be salts
fed that an alien has been found in
the United States in violation of this
act or that an alien is subject to de-
portation under the provisions of this
act or of any law of the United States
he shall cause such alien within the
period of three years after landing
or entry Therein to be taken into Gus
tody and returned to the country
whence he came, as provided by Sec
tion 20 of this act. - NJ.
+ Section % provides: ." That in
every case where an alien is excluded
from admission into the United States
under any law or treaty now existing
or hereafter made, the decision of the
appropriate immigration officers. If adj
verse to the admission of such alien,
shall be final unless reversed on ap- !
peal to the secretary Of labor 1
Rests With Officials. o.,
Then the decision itself lays down !
the following: <-...
THE admission of aliens into the !
United States is regulated by Con-
gress. The supervision is conf1ded to
the department Of immigration
charged with the enforcement of the
laws regulating the admission. The
final discrimination of all the facts
with relation to the qualification of
dil6uS I'D cill6T TIC 1HItSu OIdtSS vi /
their deportation within the time
limit fixed by act of Congress for rea- !
sons therein given isrentrusted to the
proper immigration officers, whose de-
cision is final unless reversed on ap- !
peal to the SECRETARY of labor By
the act of Congress these officers are
made the sole and exclusive judges
of the existence of the facts estab- >
fishing qualification, and no other tri- :
bunal is vested with authority or !,
power by Congress to re-examine and
consider the sufficiency of the evil !
denee on which these officers acted. :
So long as the officers clothed with :;
this authority act within the limits I,
placed by Congress, courts have no !
right to interfere. The authority Of
the immigration officers and the juris-
ditcion of the courts depend upon
power conferred by Congress. 1t is
a matter Of legislation. No discretion
&c in,