Amalia Carlos De Gonzalez v. ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
AMALIA CARLOS DE GONZALEZ,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General,
Respondent.
No. 09-72494
Agency No. A077-962-807
MEMORANDUM*
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted December 14, 2010**
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Amalia Carlos de Gonzalez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for
review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from an
immigration judge’s removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252.
We review de novo questions of law, and review for substantial evidence the
FILED
JAN 06 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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agency’s factual findings. Aguilar Gonzalez v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 1204, 1208 (9th
Cir. 2008). We deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the agency’s determination that Carlos de
Gonzalez participated in alien smuggling as defined in 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(E)(i),
where the record reflects that she gave her daughter’s permanent resident card to
another alien intending to assist that alien’s entry into the United States in violation
of law. See Urzua Covarrubias v. Gonzales, 487 F.3d 742, 748-49 (9th Cir. 2007)
(knowing act of assistance to another’s effort to enter the United States illegally is
an affirmative act constituting alien smuggling); cf. Aguilar Gonzalez, 534 F.3d at
1209 (no affirmative act of alien smuggling where petitioner did not provide her
daughter’s birth certificate for use by another to enter the United States, but merely
acquiesced to its use).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.

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