Xocchilt Cortez Quijano v. Pamela Bondi

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 10 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

XOCCHILT NAHIELLY CORTEZ No. 20-72618

QUIJANO; AUBRIE VALENTINA

MEDRANO CORTEZ, Agency Nos. A209-279-452

A209-279-453

Petitioners,

v. MEMORANDUM*

PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted March 6, 2026** Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW, DESAI, and DE ALBA, Circuit Judges.

Petitioners Xocchilt1 Nahielly Cortez Quijano (“Cortez”) and her minor

daughter, natives and citizens of El Salvador, petition for review of a Board of

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 1 We use petitioners’ spelling, “Xocchilt,” rather than the government’s spelling, “Xochilt.” Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision…