Haro-Ramos

MEMORANDUM ***

Jose Luis Haro-Ramos (“Haro”), a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) which affirmed an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) deportation order. Petitioner, a lawful permanent resident since 1990, was found deportable for entering the United States without inspection in violation of former § 241(a)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (a)(1)(B) (1994). He contends that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel both before the IJ and the BIA and that the errors of his counsel caused him prejudice and denied him his due process rights under the Fifth Amendment. He further contends that the IJ erred by declining to grant him a continuance and by allowing him to be represented by a legal intern at his deportation hearing. We deny the petition.

Because deportation proceedings were commenced against Haro prior to April 1, 1997, and the final order of deportation was entered after October 30, 1996, we have jurisdiction over his petition pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a, as amended by § 309(c)(4) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.…