pablo travieso-izquierdo, a087 518 131 (bia aug. 12, 2013)
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Vilasana, Sol, Esquire901 Man St, Suie 6200Dalas, TX 75202
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Executive Oce r Immigraon Review
Board ofImmigraton AppelsOce of the Clerk
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OHS/ICE ice of Chief Counse DAL125 E. John Carpene Fw, Se 500Ing TX 75062-2324
Name: RAVIESIZQUIERD, PABL A 087518131
Dae of his noce 812/2013
Enclosed s a copy of he Board's decson and order n he above-rerenced case.
Enclosure
Pl Mb:Gr Edwrd R
Sncerely,
D cDonna CarrChef Clerk
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UNITED TATE DEPATMENT O TCEEXECUTIVE OFFICE FO IMMIATION EVE
UNITE ATE IMMIATON COALLA TEXA
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PABLO TAVIEOIZQUIEDO
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APPLICATION q o mnaon o mova ponrq or admn of a n Cban Amn A
ON BEHA O EPONDENT OL VILLAANA, EQUIE 09 VILLAEEEN DIVE OCKALL, EXA 707
ON BEHALF OF DH JOHNON L ALLUM EQUE ATANT CHIEFCONEL, DALLA EXA
OAL DECIION OF THE IMMIATION JUDE
T pondn a a av ad n o a
H avd a o na Lado Txa on o ao Jl o A
of 00 H a no hn npt o paod by an aon
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Oir (Exiit
On Juy 9 009 Rspondnt was rantd paro y te
partent o oand Seurty (hernater rrrd to as t
Govrnent n aredo exas Se or -94 (Exiit 3)
On mer 22 200 t Government servd th
Rspondnt with th Notie to Apar harin i wit
rovaty under Setion (a (6 (A (i o te raton
and Nationaty At (th At (Exiit .
On Sptr 4 0 t Rspondnt appard or
t ourt wt ounse and admtted to atua aeations on
two and tr ut dnid aeation numer our and denied th
ar o remova (Exit . urn t arn an issu
arose as to wthr te Respondent was parod as to quay or
adjustmnt o status under the uan Reue Adustnt At o
9 e ourt aowed t partis tim to ri t issueOn Otoer 24 20 t Rspondnt sumittd a ri
as to is ty or adjustent under te uan Adjustent
At. On Novemer 9 202 th Govrnment sumitted a Moton to
rnate Proedns
NNGS O A AN ONUSONS O AW
Governent has ied a Motion to erminat
Prodns assrtn that it is te Governnts poston tat
te Resondents ea enry does not rene neie
or adustmnt o status undr te uan Adustment At As
xpand eow te ourt does not are wth t Govrnent's
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poston and fnds that the Respondent s not elgbe for
adjustment of status under the uban Adjustment Act. Gven the
ourt's conclusons to grant the Government's Moton to
Termnate would be an abdcaton of the ourt's responsblty
to exercse hs ndependent udgment and uphold the aw,
notwthstandng the poston of the partes See 8 FR
1003 . 10 (b (graton Judges should exercse ther
ndependent udgment and dscreton and may take any acton
consstent wth ther authorty under the Act and regulatons
that s approprate and necessary See also n re G-N--, 22
&N Dec 289, 284 (988 (8 FR Secton 239. 2(c presumably
contemplates not just the automatc grant of a Moton to
Termnate, but an nformed adjudcaton by the graton Judge
or ths oard based on an evaluaton of the factors underlnng
the Servce moton Furthermore, the ourt s not nclned togrant a moton that both gnores the aw and s completely at
odds wth the facts of the case. Accordngy, the ourt would
deny the Government's Moton to Termnate Proceedngs.
VDN
Documentary vdenceThe folowng documents are n the Record of
Proceedngs and have een consdered by the ourt
xht , the otce o ppear xhbt , the
applcaton for employment authorzaton, the Form -6;
xhbt 3, the recept of the applcaton for employment
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authorzaton; xht 4 empoyment authorzaton card; xht
Respondent's departure record; xht 6 S S nteroffce
memorandum dated eruary 3 2009; xht 7 u nteroffce
memorandum dated eruary 4 2009
TSTMNY/VDN
Testmony by the RespondentRespondent stated that he frst entered the nted
States n Juy or ugust of 2008 When asked how he entered the
nted States at that tme he stated came through the
order They rought me through the order ecause they tod me
f I crossed the order graton woud catch me" When
asked what he meant when he sad he crossed the order " the
Respondent stated that " came through Ro ravo. came
through Mexco and then waked over the road" When asked
whether he waked over the road from Mexco to the nted
States the Respondent stated Yes" When asked f he has eft
the nted States snce the tme he entered n uy or ugust of
2008 Respondent stated have not eft" When asked whether
when he waked over the road nto the nted States from Mexco
he entered the nted States egay Respondent stated
Yes"
RDBTY
fter revewg the Res es mony the Court
fnds tht the Respondent was a crede wtness e testfed
canddy and truthfuy
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GA STANARS AN ANAYS S
A Charg Undr Scton 22(a) (6)(A) () of th Acth Rspondnt argus that th charg undr Scton
22(a)(6) (A)() should not b sustand bcaus h was actuay
parold by th Govrnmnt on uy 9 2009 and thus h s not
an aln prsnt n th Untd Stats wthout bng admttd or
parod owvr what th Rspondnt fald to rcognz was
that Scton 22(a) 6)(A)() may also b sustand aganst an
aln who arrvd n th Untd Stats at any tm or plac
othr than dsgnatd by th Attorny Gnral S Scton
22(a) 6)(A) () (An aln prsnt n th Untd Stats wthout
bng admttd or parold or who arrvs n th Untd Stats at
any tm or plac othr than as dsgnatd by th Attorny
Gnral s nadmssb r th Rspondnt tstfd that
h smply crossd ovr th bordr" nto th Untd Stats
Whn askd whthr h ntrd th Untd Stats galy
spondnt admttd that h had Accordngly dspt th
Rspondnts contnton that h was vntually parod nto th
Untd Stats th ourt fnds that th Govrnmnt has mt ts
burdn of stabshng alnag
Th ourt has also found that Rspondnt has fad to
mt hs burdn of proof that by clar and convncng vdnc
that h was awfuly n th Untd Stat Th ourt also fnds
Rspondnt has fald to mt hs burdn of proof to stabsh
cary and byond a doubt that h's nttld to b admttd and
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not admssbe as charged and the Court fnds that the evdence
reveals that Respondent entered the Unted States at a tme or
place other than desgnated by the Attorney Genera
urthermore as noted below the Court also fnds that
Respondent was not propery nspected or paroled nto the Unted
States on July 19 009 thus makng the charge under Secton
1 a (6 (A sustanabe o that ground as well
IGIIITY FR ADJUSTMNT F STATUS UNDR T CUAN RUG ACT
Under the Cuban Adustment Act of 966 any natonal
of Cuba or the mmedate reatve of any Cuban natonal
(ncludng after acqured spouses and chldren can apply for
permanent resdence n the Unted States one year after they
have been nspected admtted or paroled nto the country f the
alen s elgble to receve an mmgrant vsa and s admssble
to the Unted States for permanent resdence The prmary ssue
here s whether the Respondent met the threshold requrement of
beng nspected and paroed nto the nted States so as to make
hm elgble for adjustment of status under the Cuban Adjustment
Act
As an ntal matter t s necessary to clarfy the
seres of events leadng up to the Respondent's eventual paroe
As rected n the factual hstory the Respondent actually
entered the Unted States uy or August of 008 e
admtted durng testmony that when he crossd the border n
July or August 008 he dd so llegally e he dd not enter
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th ntd Stats at a port of entry and dd not prsnt hmsf
at that tm to an mmgraton offcr to b nspected and
admtted or paroed n Juy 9 2009 approxmaty four yars
aftr h had galy ntrd the nted Stats Rspondnt was
granted parole by the Government n aredo xas. Ths grant
of parole dd not occur upon a subsequnt ntry by the
Rspondent tstfed that snc hs arrval n evadd
August of 2008 h had not dpartd the ntd Stats Thus t
s evdnt that the Respondent entrd th ntd States
egay wated almost a year and then presented hmsf for
nspecton n ardo exas he ourt must therfore rsolv
th quston of whether Respondent has bn proprly nspected
or paroed so as to qualfy hm for adustmnt of status undr
the uban Adustmnt Act
n th Matter of strada-tancourt th oard
dscussd the proper way n whch aens must prsent thmsvs
for nspectons (Although the Matter of strada-tancourt
took pac n the context of expuson versus xcuson
procedngs the ourt fnds the oard's anayss nstructd as
to the requred way n whch aens must prsnt thmslvs for
nspecton whereupon they may ether be admttd parod or
nethr admtted nor paroled See Matter of strada
etancourt 2 &N ec 9 96) urthermore n that
cas three uban alns crossed nto th nted States from
Mexco nar the Ro Grande approxmatly 20 mles east of
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Brownsvile, Texas See strada-Betanourt at 9. Tey then
proeeded y ar to an airport n arlinen, exas, wi was
approximatey 20 mies from Brownsve and 10 miles inland from
the internaonal oundary They were taken into ustody at
hat tie after having een on te Unted States soil for nearly
tree ours The aliens in tat ase stated tat they were n
route to Miami, orda, and tat tey intended to present
temselves for nspetion upon teir arrval in Miami SeeEstrada-Betanourt at 192
n order to determine wheter te aliens in Estrada
Betanourt soud e paed in expuson or exusion
proeedngs, it was neessary for the Board to determine wether
they ad effeted an entry into the United States and terefore
ad entered without inspetion Te Board pointng to
estashed preeden ed tat aiens who do not ross te
order at a desnated port of entry must proeed diretly to
te nearest su port for inspeton See strada-Betanourt at
194. Sne the aiens n that ase dd not do so, te Board
held tat tey ad entered witout nspetion and terefore
properly paed in expusion proeedings See atter of
strada-Betanourt
ere the Respondent dd not ross te order at a
desnated port of entry t was tereore inument upon him
to proeed diretly to te nearest su port for nspetion
o ony did e fail to proeed direty to a port of entry, e
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waited a u year eore peoin ths requied acton. ke
the aens in stradaBetancourt, Respondent here ay have
intended ater to pesent himse or nspection ater entern
the nited States, and in act, he ater did present hmse or
suc inspection. owever, ineent in the Boad's reasonn
aove is te notion tat an aen may ony e propery nspected
under the Act e presents imse at a port o entry o i an
aen does not arive at a pot o entry e proceeds directy
to te nearest pot o entry. e aiens in stadaBetancourt
aso caimed tat they intended to eventuay present temseves
or nspection n Miai. espte this cam, the Board ed
that when the aens aied to present themseves imediatey at
the nearest port o entry in tat case, Brownsve, exas
t was at tat time tat they evaded inspection and thus had
entered wthout inspection us, reardess o Respondentsntentons to ater e nspected, e was not propery inspected
ecause ke the aiens in the case aove, he aed to
mmedatey present hise at the nearest port o entry ater
he entered the country ieay espondent thereore coud
not have een propery paroed as paroe ist equres an aen
to e inspected
n ode to show tat he was propery nspected and
paroed, espondent has ponted to he overnmens pocy
memorandu outinin te procedures tat te Government as
deveoped wen deain with certain aes ro Cua. And those
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memandums that the Genent deies m its ied ices
shud eneay execise faabe discetin t Cuban aiens
wh ae ineiibe adjustment status unde the Cuban
Adjustment Act ny as a esut hain nt been paed See
Respndents Bief at pae tw. wee, the Genments
intena picies ae nt bindin n the Cut. See Matte
M/V Sau Meu, 0 &N ec. 592 595-596 (IA 1992 (hdin that
the Seice Opeatins nstuctins ae nn-bindin in
pceedins befe the ad. Rathe, an iatin ude
must execise his independent udent and discetin in
decidin cases. 8 C. F. R. 100. (b. Accdiny, the Cut
wi nt take int accunt the Genents picy in
deteminin whethe Respndent was inspected paed
inay, the Cut ecnizes that the Genents
picy twad aiens Cuba is ted in sensitie pitica
cncens. See nited States . inguez, 66 F. d 1051 11thCi 011 ntin that pitica a Cuban euees
achieed ficia status in 966 with the passae f the Cuban
Adustment Act fwed by chanes t eacy INS picy twad
Cuban euees Athuh the Genent is we within its
iht t tai its picies in espnse t such cncens, the
Cut may nt ikewise entetain such cncens. hus,
eadess f hw fae Cuban euees hae taditinay
hae een teated upn ia t the United States a pesns
atteptin t ente the nited States ae subect t inspectin
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y igation oices o detemination o tei igt to
ente egadess o te gound on ic tei caim to tat
igt is ased. See stadaBetancout 1 &N ec. at 19
citing United States v. Jutoam 9 U. S. 5 1905).
contay ule suc as one tat cannot e imited y time o
distance ould esult in a oss o a comotale pimay
inspection. See stada-Betancout at 196. s te Boad as
noted oviously out o caos out o enocement o te
iigation las could esult om admitting aliens to poceed
to inspection points tat tey eieve il est suit tei on
inteests. See Estada-Betancout.
o te easons stated aove te Cout inds te
Respondent as not inspected and paoed in accodance it te
iigation las. Tus e is not eligile o adustment o
status unde te Cuan dustment ct as tat statute dictates
tat only aliens o ave een inspected admitted o paoed
ae eligile to adjust status. See Cuan dustment ct.
n concusion te ooing ode sall e enteed.
ORER
IT S EREBY ORR tat te Govenments Motion to
Teminate Remova Poceedings ill e NI;
IT IS URTR ORRE tat te cage unde Section
1(a)(6)()(i o te ation an Nationaity ct is
SUSTNE;
T S URTR ORERE tat te Respondents
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appaon o amen o a ne e Can men
e peeme an DENIED
I I FTHE ODEED a e eponen a e
emoe an epoe om e ne ae o Ca on e
ae onane n e Noe o ppea
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Iigration Judge DEITRICH H. SIMS
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