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LENG MAY MA v. BARBER

No. 105.

357 U.S. 185 (1958)

LENG MAY MA v. BARBER, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Hertogs argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Leonard B. Sand argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Anderson, Beatrice Rosenberg and Julia P. Cooper.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a habeas corpus case involving § 243 (h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which authorizes the Attorney General "to withhold deportation of any alien within the United States to any country in which in his opinion the alien would be subject to physical persecution. . . ."1 Claiming to be an alien "within the United States...

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