Gad PEREZ; Tifferet Perez, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent

Petitioners Gad and Tifferet Perez seek review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) denial of their application for suspension of deportation. The BIA held that the Perezes and their son, a United States citizen, failed to establish that they would suffer “extreme hardship” upon deportation to Israel. The Perezes filed a timely petition for review pursuant to section 106(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a)(l). We agree with the BIA that the Perezes failed to show extreme hardship and deny their petition for review.

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In May 1984, Gad and Tifferet Perez, husband and wife, left their home in Israel and entered the United States under visitor visas valid until July 25 of that year. On July 1, Tifferet Perez gave birth to a son, Avi Perez, in Kansas. The Perez family remained in Kansas for three years and then moved to Arizona, where the family currently resides. Gad Perez works as a house painter, Tifferet Perez is a child care provider, and Avi Perez, now twelve, attends school.

Deportation proceedings were commenced against Gad and Tifferet Perez. They admitted deportability, but requested suspension of deportation on the ground of…