No. 15719. November 16, 1959. C.E. Luckey, U.S. Atty., Victor E. Harr, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or. Charles Gordon, Regional Counsel, Immigration Naturalization Service, St. Paul, Minn., for appellant. Davis, Jensen, Martin Robertson, William A. Martin, Portland, Or., for appellee. Before BONE and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges, and BOWEN, District Judge. BOWEN, District Judge. This is an appeal by appellant Attorney General of the United States from the judgment of the Trial Court in a declaratory judgment
A member of the following classes shall be presumed to have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence even though a record of his admission cannot be found, except as otherwise provided in this section, unless he abandoned his lawful permanent resident status or subsequently lost that status by operation of law: (a)Prior to June 30, 1906. An alien who establishes that he entered the United States prior to June 30, 1906. (b)United States land borders. An alien who establishes that, while a citizen