MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.
By writ of habeas corpus petitioner challenged the legality of his arrest for deportation as an alien alleged to have remained in the United States in violation of the terms of § 14 of the Immigration Act of 1924 (c. 190, 43 Stat., 153, 162). That section provides:
"Any alien who at any time after entering the United States is found . . . to have remained therein for a longer time than permitted...
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