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MAHLER v. EBY

No. 184.

264 U.S. 32 (1924)

MAHLER ET AL. v. EBY, INSPECTOR IN CHARGE IMMIGRATION SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 18, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter Nelles, with whom Mr. Otto Christensen was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. George Ross Hull, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for appellee.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The theory of the draftsman of the petition for the writ and of the assignment of errors was that the same constitutional restrictions apply to an alien deportation act as to a law punishing crime. It is well settled that deportation, while it may be burdensome and severe for the alien, is not a punishment. Fong Yue Ting v....

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