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An alien brought to the Philippines who is excluded shall be immediately sent back, in accommodations of the same class in which he arrived, to the country whence he came, on the vessel bringing him, unless in the opinion of the Commissioner of Immigration, immediate deportation is not practicable or proper. The expense of the return of such an alien shall be borne by the owner or owners of such vessel. If the Commissioner of Immigration finds that immediate deportation is not practicable or proper, or if the vessel by which the excluded alien came has left the Philippines and it is impracticable for any reason to deport the alien within a reasonable time by another vessel owned by the same interests, the cost of deportation may be paid by the Government and recovered from the owner, agent, or consignee of the vessel.
Where return to the country whence the excluded alien came cannot for any reason be effected, the Commissioner of Immigration may direct the alien's removal to the country of his nativity or of which he is a national, and the cost of such removal if removal by the vessel on which he came or by another vessel owned bv the same interests cannot be accomplished within a reasonable time, shall likewise be at the expense of the owner or owners of such vessel.
DEPORTATION OF ALIENS
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