Varela-Salmeron

Varela-Salmeron v. Gonzales

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236 F. App'x 298
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 6, 2007No. 05-76178California255 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Andres Varela-Salmeron and Olga Lidia Lagunas-Bautista, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming without opinion an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their applications for cancellation of removal. We grant the petition for review and remand.

An intervening change in the law requires remand. Based on the record before us, we cannot determine whether Laguna-Bautista’s two previous returns to Mexico were border turnarounds or uninformed voluntary departures, or knowing acceptances of administrative voluntary departure. See Ibarra-Flores v. Gonzales, 439 F.3d 614, 619 (9th Cir.2006) (concluding that “before it may be found that a presence-breaking voluntary departure occurred, the record must contain some evidence that the alien was informed of and accepted its terms”) (internal quotations and citation omitted) (emphasis in original); Tapia v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 997, 1002-04 (9th Cir.2005).

In light of our decision to remand the case as to Lagunas-Bautista, we also re *299 mand the case as to Varela-Salmeron. In the initial hearing, the IJ assessed hardship to Petitioners’ U.S.…

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