FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 12 2017 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ELIAS BELTRAN RASCON, No. 14-70900 Petitioner, Agency No. A088-771-875 v. MEMORANDUM* JEFFERSON B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General, Respondent. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted October 10, 2017** San Francisco, California Before: O’SCANNLAIN, TASHIMA, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges. Elias Beltran-Rascon petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (“BIA’s”) decision holding him ineligible to adjust his status to lawful permanent resident and ordering him removed if he does not voluntarily depart the * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). United States. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(5). Our review is de novo. See Garfias-Rodriguez v. Holder, 702 F.3d 504, 512 n.6 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc). For the reasons stated below, we deny the petition for review. A. Beltran-Rascon Is Inadmissible under § 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) and Therefore Ineligible for Adjustment of Status under § 245(a). Under § 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), any alien who “has been unlawfully present in the United States for an aggregate period of more than 1 year . . . and who enters or attempts to reenter the United States without being admitted is inadmissible.” 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(9)(C)(i)(I). The purpose of the statute is “to single out recidivist immigration violators and make it more difficult for them to be admitted to the United States after having departed.” Carrillo de Palacios v. Holder, 708 F.3d 1066, 1074 (9th Cir. 2013) (quoting In re Briones, 24 I. & N. Dec. 355, 358 (BIA 2007)). In this case, Beltran-Rascon admits he entered the United States without inspection around January 2002. He further admits he voluntarily departed for Mexico in March 2008 before reentering the United States in April 2008, again without inspection. Thus, it is undisputed he was unlawfully present in the United States for an aggregate period of more than one year and that he subsequently reentered the United States without being admitted. He is inadmissible under 2 § 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(I). INA § 245(a) permits adjustment of status only if the alien, among other things, is “eligible to receive an immigrant visa and is admissible to the United States for permanent residence.” 8 U.S.C. § 1255(a). Because Beltran-Rascon is inadmissible under § 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(I), he is ineligible for adjustment of status to permanent lawful resident. See Garfias-Rodriguez, 702 F.3d at 514; see also Carrillo de Palacios, 708 F.3d at 1072; Briones, 24 I. & N. Dec. at 358. B. The BIA Correctly Applied Ninth Circuit Law, and Regardless, the Same Result Would Obtain under Tenth Circuit Law. Beltran-Rascon argues the law of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit should govern his application for adjustment of ...
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