Melchor Lucas, Jr. v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Melchor Soriano Lucas (“Lucas”), a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) finding of removability and denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.
Lucas was convicted pursuant to Revised Code of Washington § 9A.52.025 of two counts of residential burglary and sentenced to two concurrent 15-month sentences of imprisonment. The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) served Lucas with a Notice to Appear alleging that Lucas was removable because he had been convicted of an aggravated felony. See 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(A)(iii) (any “alien who is convicted of an aggravated felony at any time after admission is deportable”); 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(43)(G) (defining “aggravated felony” to include “a theft ... or burglary offense for which the term of imprisonment [is] at least one year”). The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) found that Lucas admitted the allegations and conceded removability, and denied Lucas’s claim for relief.