AMAYA v. UNITED STATES

No. 15388.

247 F.2d 947 (1957)

Anastasio Lawrence AMAYA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh R. Manes, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Louis Lee Abbott, Bruce A. Bevan, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before LEMMON, BARNES, and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


LEMMON, Circuit Judge.

Striving to stem the swelling tide of "wetbacks" — illegal immigrants from Mexico — that is sweeping into the United States, for years American immigration authorities have progressively tightened their vigilance over the ramparts they watch.

"Pushed by swollen population, inflated prices, and unemployment," says an article in the Stanford Law Review,1 "pulled by the promise of work at a living...

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