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ceding cause acts only as an exciting agent in bringing to fruition what 

 was previously latent. It is to be noted that this decision does not ques- 

 tion the diagnosis, but it states the opinion of the lawyer who framed 

 it that the existing condition of manic-depressive insanity did not 

 depend on causes prior to landing. In the light of this decision a war- 

 rant was refused for the arrest and deportation of the alien in question. 

 As a consequence deportation is impossible in a class of cases which 

 formerly supplied about 350 deportations annually. 



On February 25, 1912, Mariase Lipschutz, aged 25, arrived from 

 Russia on the steamer CampaneUo. On February 28 she was certified 

 by the medical officers at Ellis Island as being feeble-minded. On March 

 28 she was ordered landed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, for 

 the avowed object of visiting a sick relative. Her visit still continues. 



On June 25, 1912, Eewke Palayes, aged 11 years, arrived from Rus- 

 sia on the steamer Rotterdam. A special certificate of imbecility was 

 issued by the medical officers at Ellis Island, this carrying with it a fine 

 of $100 for the steamship which brought her. On July 13 she was 

 ordered landed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. The immi- 

 gration law declares that minor children of naturalized citizens, if these 

 children are dwelling in the United States, shall be considered as citi- 

 zens. The father of this girl was a naturalized citizen. The Secretary 

 contended that "constructively" she became a resident when she had 

 left her foreign domicile, even though she had not even been admitted 

 into the United States. She was ordered landed. 



An exactly parallel case was decided in an opposite manner in an 



French Canadian Family entering from Montreal. 



