Juarez-Juarez

MEMORANDUM **

Buenaventura Juarez-Juarez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision finding him removable from the United States for alien smuggling under Section 287(a)(l)(E)(i) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (a)(l)(E)(i), and finding him ineligible for cancellation of removal or adjustment of status. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review de novo questions of law, Altamirano v. Gonzales, 427 F.3d 586, 591 (9th Cir.2005), and review for substantial evidence the agency’s findings of fact, Moran v. Ashcroft, 395 F.3d 1089, 1091 (9th Cir.2005). We deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

The BIA properly determined that Juarez-Juarez was removable and that his actions constituted alien smuggling as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (a)(6)(E)®, because he “provided some form of affirmative assistance to the illegally entering alien[s].” Altamirano, 427 F.3d at 592 .

Contrary to Juarez-Juarez’s contention, his participation in alien smuggling renders him inadmissible as an…