The Man Who Lived Here Twenty Years—and Still Had to Go
Max Vanderville had been in the country for two decades but never became a citizen. Now a morals charge sends him back to Holland.
Max Vanderville, who was arrested two months ago by the federal officials, charged with importing women for immoral purposes, has been found to still be a citizen of Holland. He has lived in this country for 20 years but never been naturalized. The immigration officials have ordered him taken to New York to be deported. Vanderville is well fixed financially and does not want to go back.
“Vanderville is well fixed financially and does not want to go back.”
Naturalization status remains a decisive line in U.S. immigration enforcement, and a long residence can still end in removal. The case also shows how a moral-panic charge could become the lever that turned a local arrest into a deportation.
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