Ramiro-Murillo

MEMORANDUM **

Jose Ramiro-Murillo, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s order finding him removable for alien smuggling. We have jurisdiction 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 the petition for review.

The agency properly determined that Ramiro-Murillo’s actions constitute alien smuggling as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (a)(6)(E)(i). According to the three 1-213 forms submitted in this case, Ramiro-Murillo arranged for his sister and niece to attempt to enter the United States in violation of law, thereby “provid[ing] some form of affirmative assistance to the illegally entering alien.” Altamirano, 427 F.3d at 592 ; see also Hernandez-Guadarrama v. Ashcroft, 394 F.3d 674, 679 (9th Cir.2005) (“An individual may knowingly encourage, induce, assist, abet, or aid with illegal entry, even if he did not personally hire the smuggler and even if he is not present at…