Camacho
Camacho v. Ashcroft
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Petitioners Rafael Angel Camacho, Rosa Bertha Camacho and Rosa B. Camacho petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying their application for suspension of deportation pursuant to a now-repealed provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq. (2003). Petitioners contend that they have satisfied the requirements for suspension of deportation under this provision, INA § 244(a)(1), 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (a)(1) (1994), repealed by Pub. L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (Sept. 30, 1996), and that the BIA erred by denying relief. Because we find that the BIA did not err, we deny the petition.
Petitioners are natives of Peru who entered the United States illegally on March 23, 1985. On December 2, 1990, petitioners returned to Peru, reentering the United States in April or May of 1991. The *215 Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) initiated deportation proceedings against petitioners on October 19, 1995 by filing Orders to Show Cause (“OSCs”) with the immigration court. Petitioners appeared before an immigration judge (“IJ”) on February 12,1996, conceded deportability, and informed the IJ that…