Manuel Raya-Ledesma v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Opinion
Opinion
Brunetti, J.
Manuel Raya-Ledesma (Raya-Ledesma) seeks review of the final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which found him statutorily ineligible for relief from deportation under § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act), 8 U.S.C. 1182(c) (1988 & Supp. V 1993). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a, and now deny Raya-Ledesma’s petition.
I.
Raya-Ledesma is a 43-year-old native and citizen of Mexico. He entered the United States without inspection in 1978, obtained legal status as a temporary resident alien on July 21, 1987, and became a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the legalization provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 on December 20, 1990.
On February 6, 1992, Raya-Ledesma was convicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute two kilograms of cocaine and one hundred pounds of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1988), and for using a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c) (1988). Raya-Ledesma’s sentence for these convictions included: five years of…