Ex parte Gin Kato
| Citation | 270 F. 343 |
| Decision Date | 02 December 1920 |
| Docket Number | 5631. |
| Parties | Ex parte GIN KATO. |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Western District of Washington |
James Kiefer, of Seattle, Wash., for petitioner.
Robt. C. Saunders, of Seattle, Wash., for the United States.
Gin Kato, a subject of Japan, claims to have been in the United States since 1884, and to have a wife living in Japan. He was order deported for having been 'found in the United States in violation of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, to wit, that he has been found employed by, in, or in connection with a house of prostitution.'
It is contended that the five-year limitation provided by section 19 of the act, supra, applies, and that he cannot be legally deported, and further that to deport him is a violation of the treaty stipulations between Japan and the United States of March 21, 1895 (29 Stat. 848).
The provision of section 19 (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, Sec. 4289 1/4jj), supra, among other matters, provides:
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It is apparent that the five-year limitation does not apply to the petitioner. Article 2 of the treaty, supra, provides that the stipulations contained in the treaty-- 'do not in any way affect the laws, ordinances and regulations with regard to * * * the immigration of laborers, * * * which are in force or which may hereafter be enacted in either of the two countries.'
It is primer law that Congress has the right to exclude or deport aliens in its discretion, as an inherent right of sovereignty, and should an act of Congress and the treaty stipulation be in irreconcilable conflict, the duty of the court is to follow the last expression of the legislative branch, and leave the question of breach of treaty stipulation to the executive branch of the government.
I think it is clear, however, that there is no conflict between the treaty stipulation and the Immigration Act, supra. An examination of the record shows that a fair trial was accorded.
The writ is denied.
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