Opinion ID: 202065
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: New Entry

Text: 54 As to the new entry issue, the Estradas say that once Estrada was accorded protected registered class status under the ABC agreement after his initial entry in 1985, he kept that status intact when entering the United States subsequent to the ABC agreement preliminary approval date of December 19, 1990. The Estradas say that in light of Estrada's status as a registered ABC class member, his first and only entry was in October 1985, his 1995 arrival should not have been deemed a new entry, and the children's status is the same. They say their situation involved merely an innocent, casual, and brief departure. Rosenberg v. Fleuti, 374 U.S. 449, 462, 83 S.Ct. 1804, 10 L.Ed.2d 1000 (1963). Whatever the merits of this argument, the government points out that it was not raised before the BIA. Although the Estradas clearly invoked the ABC Agreement before the BIA, they did so only as to administrative closure, and they did not articulate an innocent, casual, and brief argument before the BIA. The argument is therefore waived. See Chen v. Gonzales, 415 F.3d 151, 154 (1st Cir.2005). 55