Contreras De Ramos v. Holder

MEMORANDUM **

Carlinda Contreras De Ramos, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s decision finding her removable for having participated in alien smuggling and denying her application for cancellation of removal. Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, Urzua Covarrubias v. Gonzales, 487 F.3d 742, 747 (9th Cir.2007), and review de novo questions of law, Altamirano v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 586, 591 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Contreras De Ramos testified that the Record of Sworn Statement accurately reflected her statement to immigration officials that she agreed with her husband to smuggle the undocumented alien into the United States because the alien was a member of their church. Contreras De Ramos also testified that she “tried to bring this lady in.” The record therefore does not compel a conclusion contrary to the agency’s determination that Contreras De Ramos was removable for alien smuggling. See Urzua Covarrubias, 487 F.3d at 748-49 (substantial…