Flores-Macedo

MEMORANDUM **

Epifano Flores-Macedo is a native and citizen of Mexico. He entered the United States without inspection in 1973. In 1988, Flores-Macedo was granted temporary residency status pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (a). In 1990, Flores-Macedo became a legal permanent resident pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (a).

Flores-Macedo was convicted of two crimes during the 1980s. In 1985, he pled guilty to knowingly and willfully aiding, abetting, and assisting an illegal alien in eluding inspection and examination by immigration officers in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 8 U.S.C. § 1325 . This misde *628 meanor conviction arose out of his conduct at a San Clemente, California checkpoint, approximately sixty miles north of San Diego. In 1989, Flores-Maeedo was convicted in San Diego Superior Court for the offense of assault with a deadly weapon, in violation of California Penal Code § 245(a)(1). After the 1989 conviction, for which he was sentenced to two years, Flores-Maeedo had no further criminal convictions, and he established a life in this country for himself and his multiple U.S. citizen children and other family members.

Beginning in 1998, the INS sought to remove Flores-Maeedo,…