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greatly to the immigration station be.
ing in a position to show that he is
not an American citizen and further
that he was not born in the islands.
81 believe that the story told by
the Chinese is made out of whole
cloth" The Chinese says that he
does not place the blame on any one
immigration official, or does he be
lieve that Mr.. Halsey knows of the
so-called grating.
Speaking with regard to the deten-
ton of the woman at the immigration
station for six days after arrival here
with her husband, Mr.. Halsey said
this morning:
Sometimes, q doctor. cannot tell at
once whether the person detained Is
suffering from trachoma or any other
dangerous disease. and because OF
this they are held at the station a lit
tie longer than is the custom. have
known aliens to be suffering with eye
trouble caused from salt water and
wind, and many have been held on
this account pending an investigation
by the surgeon. The medical exam
nation of aliens arriving at the port
of Honolulu is conducted by surgeon
of the public health service acting
under the immigration law, and not
under the Chinese exclusion act. All
aliens, as well as Chinese, are subject
to the immigration act. In case the
surgeon of the public health service
returns certificate stating that the
person examined is afflicted with a
dangerous contagious disease, the
board of special inquiry is obliged to
order the deportation of that per-
son.
These examinations are made ex-
clusively by the public health sur
geon, acting under Section 10 of the
immigration laws. He also makes out
and submits. the health certificates.
The immigration officials have abso-
lutely nothing to do nor say with
regard to what report this surgeon
shall make upon the condition OF any
alien. The matter is entirely in his
hands, and the Office rules according
ly If the alien is given clean bill
of health, he is landed; If he is suf-
fering from a dangerous disease, he
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question was detained at the immigra-
ton station from May 26 to June 2
six days, during which time the sur
geon was making his examination.
when she came in the Siberia, she
was found admissible in every re-
spect, except that she had not passed
/ the medical examination at the local
federal Office. She was held at the
station awaiting this, and when she
had successfully passed it she was
Immediately released. 1t is impossi-
bic for an immigration inspector to
ascertain just how long the surgeon
will hold any alien, or at what time he
will permit him to be released. do
not even know this myself. When
the surgeon has passed him he will
be released
When asked as to whether it would
be possible for any person other
than an immigration official to ascer-
tain the time when a certain alien was
to be released from detention, he ans
wered emphatically in the negative.
inspector Halsey, as well as inspect
ors Farmer and Brown, are strongly
disinclined to believe that Tam Quay
ever paid out any money for the re-
lease of his wife, and they are of the
opinion, they say, that his story looks
like decided frame-up on the part of
the Chinese.