Carmona

MEMORANDUM ***

The three petitioners in this case — Jose A. Nova Carmona (“Mr. Nova”) and his *601 twin daughters, Deisy Nova Gomez (“Deisy”) and Heisy Nova Gomez (“Heisy”) — seek review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (“BIA”) denial of their petitions for suspension of deportation. This case revolves around events which occurred during the seven-year period immediately preceding petitioners’ receipt of orders to show cause as to why they should not be deported. They now challenge the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) findings that (1) Mr. Nova lacked the “good moral character” statutorily required to be eligible for suspension of deportation, and that (2) Deisy and Heisy lacked the seven years of continuous physical presence in the United States statutorily required for such eligibility.

I. BACKGROUND

Mr. Nova Carmona, Deisy, and Heisy are Mexican nationals who, together with the twins’ mother, entered the United States without inspection in August 1987. At the time of this unpermitted entry, the twins were not quite two years old. The twins and their mother lived in California until 1994; Mr. Nova at times lived with them, but spent much of this period working elsewhere in…