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p u r s u a n t to 8 U .S .C . § 1 2 5 9 . W e d e n y th e p e titio n f o rr e v ie w . 1. A l c a l a - P e r e z ’ s a dm i s s i on of the c ha r ge i n the N ot i c e t o A ppe a rtha the e nt e r e d the U ni t e d S t a t e s on S e pt e m be r12, 1971 doe s note s t abl i s h hi s da t e of e n try f o rth e p u rp o s e o f

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o rr e g is try . A t th e r e m o v a l p r o c e e d in g , b o th the go vernm entand the IJexpl ai ned t o A l ca l a- P er ez thatthe dat e of hi s e ntryw as s u b je c t to d is p u te a n d th a t h e n e e d e d to p r o d u c e d o c u m e n ts a f f irm a tiv e ly e s tab lis h in g th a t d a te to q u a lif y f o rr e g is try . C

f . H akop i an v. Mukasey , 551 F . 3d 8 4 3 , 8 4 7 (9 th C ir. 2 0 0 8 ) ( “[A ]tn o p o in t— eith erb ef o re o r d u rin g H ak o p ian ’s he a r i ng— di d the gove rnm e ntm ove t o a m e nd i t s N ot i c e t o A ppe a rw i th r e s pe c tt o, o ro th e rw is e c o n te s t, H a k o p ia n ’s s ta te d d a te o f e n try .” ) . 2. T he IJ ’ s r ef

usal t o o rderthe go vernm entt o p rodu ce fi l es re l at ed t o A l ca l aP e r e z ’s e a r lie ra m n e s ty ap p lic a tio n d id n o t d e p r iv e A lc a la - P e r e z o f “ar e a s o n ab le o p p o rtu n ityto p r e s e n t e v id e n c e o n h is b e h a lf .” Ibarra-Flores v. G on zales , 439 F . 3d 614, 620 ( 9th C i r . 2006) ( quot i ng Co lm e n a rv . I NS , 2 1 0 F .3 d 9 6 7 , 9 7 1 ( 9 th C i r. 20 00 )) . D es pi t e the go vernm ent ’ s a ss urances thatthe fi l es coul d b e obt ai ned vi a aF re edom of Inform at i on A ct(“ F O IA ”) re qu es t , A l ca l a- P er ez ’ s c ou nsel never e s t abl i s he d tha the m a de s uc h ar e que s t . I n l i ghtof A l c a l a - P e r e z ’ s f

a i l ur e t o us e the e s tab lis h e d F O I A p r o c e d u r e to o b ta in th e d o c u m e n ts , it w a s r e a s o n ab le f o rth e I J to r e f u s e t o o r d e rth e g o v e rn me n tt o p r o d u c e th e m.3. S ub st ant i al evi dence s up po rt s the deci si on s of the IJand the B IA that

A l c a l a - P e r e z di d note s t abl i s h tha the e nt e r e d the U ni t e d S t a t e s be f or e J a nua ry 1, 1 9 7 2 . Se e M

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NS , 5 3 F .3 d 2 8 0 , 2 8 2 (9 th C ir. 1 9 9 5 ). A lcala- P er ez ’s ow n t es t i m on y abo uthi s dat e of e ntryand h i s e ar l y a ct i vi t i es i n the U ni t ed S t at es w as i nt ernal l y c on tra di ct ory. F urther, A l ca l a- P er ez t es t i fi ed thathe re nt ed an apa rtm e ntf

r om M a r i naG e nt i l w he n he f i r s tm ove d t o the U ni t e d S t a t e s i n 1971, butG e nt i l ’ s a f

f i da vi ta s s e rt e d tha tA l c a l a - P e r e z r e nt e d f r om he rbe tw e e n 1972 a nd 1973. PETI TI O N D EN I ED .