Ramos

MEMORANDUM **

Maria Blanca Ramos (“Petitioner”), a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which affirmed without opinion an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ’s”) decision finding her inadmissible for alien smuggling. Because the BIA summarily affirmed the IJ without opinion, we review the underlying decision of the IJ, see Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003), which must be affirmed if supported by substantial evidence, see Nakamoto v. Ashcroft, 363 F.3d 874, 882 (9th Cir.2004). We deny the petition for review.

On August 14, 1998, Petitioner, an alien paroled in this country, gave a sworn, videotaped statement to an Immigration Inspector, in which she admitted that she willfully and knowingly attempted to assist the illegal entry of an alien (Luz Maribel Sanchez-Muniz (“Sanchez”)) into the United States. Based on these admissions, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) served Petitioner with a Notice to Appear, alleging that she was inadmissible for knowingly aiding, encouraging, assisting, or inducing Sanchez to attempt to enter the United States unlawfully, in violation of 8…