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J uan O s w al do D oni s C ont r er as and D el fi na Euni ce D oni s H ernandez pet i t i on forr evi ew of a de ci s i on of the B oar d of I m m i gr at i on A ppeal s ( B I A ) . Fort he2

r e a s o n s b e l o w, we wi l l d i s mi s s t h e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w. Pet i t i oner s ar e ci t i zens of G uat emal a. I n J une 2007, t heyw er e cha r ged as r emovabl e as i nadmi s s i bl e al i ens pr es enti n t he U ni t ed St at es w i t houtbei ng admi t t ed or par ol ed. T heyconce ded r emovabi l i t yand appl i ed forcanc el l at i on of r emoval . T hey a rg u e d th a t th e ir U n ited S tate s c iti z e n d a u g h ter w o u ld su f f e r e x c e p tio n a l an d e x tre m e ly unus ual har ds hi p i f herpar ent s w er e r emoved t o G uat emal a bec aus e s he s uffe r s fr om asthm a and w ou l d acco m pan yt hem i f t heyw ere r em ov ed. T he Im m i grat i on Judg e (I J) found thatpet i t i oner s had nots how n t hatt hei rci t i zen da ught erw oul d s uffe rexce pt i onal and extr emel yunus ual har ds hi p. H e deni ed the appl i cat i on forcanc el l at i on of r emoval a n d o rd e re d th e p e titio n e rs re m o v e d to G u a te m a la . T h e B IA d is m is s e d th e a p p e a l. P e t i t i o n e r s f

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o rr e v i e w. W e have j ur i s di ct i on t o r evi ew cons t i tut i onal cl ai m s and ques t i ons of l aw b u t n o t f a c tu a l o r d isc re tio n a ryd e ter m in a tio n s re late d to c a n c e llatio n o f re m o v a l. M en d ez -M o ran ch el v. A sh cro ft, 3 3 8 F . 3 d 1 7 6 (3d C ir . 2 0 0 3 ). P eti ti o n ers a rgu e tha t th e IJ abandone d hi s r ol e as a neutr al fac t - fi nderbyconduct i ng hi s ow n r es ear ch on as t hm a and t hatt hi s vi ol at ed thei rdue pr oces s r i ght s . T he governm entar gues t hatpet i t i oner s fai l ed t o e x h a u s tt h i s a r g u me n tb yr a i s i n g i tb e f o r e t h e BI A. W e a g r e e . Un d e r8 U. S . C. § 1252( d) ( 1) , w e mayr evi ew a fi nal or derof r emoval onl yi f the pet i t i oner s have exh aust ed all adm i nis t rat i ve rem edies . P et i t i on ers cou l d h ave rai sed t his du e process claim b ef

o re the B IA . S ee B o n h o m etre v . G o n za les, 4 1 4 F . 3 d 4 4 2 , 4 4 7 -48 (3d C ir .2 0 0 5 ). T h e irf a ilu re to d o s o d e p ri v e s u s o f ju ri s d ic tio n to re v ie w th e c la im . Ac c o r d i n g l y , we wi l l d i s mi s s t h e p e t i t i o n f o rr e v i e w.



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