Baudel Velazquez-Soberanes v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Baudel Velazquez-Soberanes (“Velazquez-Soberanes”) petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal of a final order of removal. The BIA held that Velazquez-Soberanes had been convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude (“CIMTs”) and was thus removable. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

Velazquez-Soberanes is a native and citizen of Mexico, born in Guasave, Mexico in 1977, who entered the U.S. without inspection in 1992. Velazquez-Soberanes was granted status as a lawful permanent resident on February 24, 2004. On September 10, 2010, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) served Velazquez-Sober-anes with a Notice to Appear, charging him with removability under 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(E)(i) as a person convicted of a crime of domestic violence, stalking, or child abuse after entry into the U.S. On October 6, 2010, the DHS filed Additional Charges of Inadmissability/Deportability, charging Velazquez-Soberanes with re-movability under 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(A)(ii) as a person convicted of two or more CIMTs after entry into the U.S. and under 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(2)(A)(I)…