Galvan v. Press
Supreme Court
347 U.S. 522 (1954)
Relevant factsFree
Galvan (plaintiff), who came to the U.S. from Mexico in 1918 at age seven and had since married an American woman and had four American-born children, admitted to INS in 1948 that he had belonged to the Communist Party from 1944 to 1946 -- membership that later became grounds for deportation under the Internal Security Act of 1950. An INS hearing officer, Press (defendant), ordered Galvan deported in 1950, the district court denied habeas relief, and the Ninth Circuit affirmed.
IssueFree
Whether the deportation of a longtime resident alien for past political-party membership, made deportable by a law enacted after the membership ended, violates the Due Process Clause or the Ex Post Facto Clause.