Cristeta Aquino Mejia v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

51 F.3d 281 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Cristeta Aquino MEJIA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70544. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 7, 1995. * Decided April 4, 1995. Before: FERGUSON, BEEZER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Cristeta Aquino Mejia, a citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") decision finding Mejia deportable and denying Mejia's request for suspension of deportation. Mejia does not dispute either of these conclusions by the BIA, but instead challenges the constitutionality of section 602(d) of the Immigration Act of 1990. We deny the petition for review. 3 * As the parties are familiar with the facts of this case, we will not repeat them here. 4 In the Immigration Act of 1990 ("Act"), Congress amended the ameliorative waiver provision to make a…