Opinion ID: 720908
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Heading: motion to reopen to apply for suspension of deportation

Text: 10 The BIA denied Blanco's motion to reopen because it found that he did not establish prima facie eligibility for suspension of deportation. (A.R. 6). The denial of a motion to reopen is reviewed for abuse of discretion. I.N.S. v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 323 (1992). Denial of a motion to reopen will be upheld unless it is arbitrary, irrational, or contrary to law. Ahwazi v. I.N.S., 751 F.2d 1120, 1122 (9th Cir.1985). 11 The BIA concluded that Blanco did not prove that he would suffer an extreme hardship if he were to return to Nicaragua. He claims an extreme hardship because he will have to readjust to life in Nicaragua, the country where he lived for the first 23 years of his life. We agree with the BIA that Blanco's readjustment to Nicaraguan life, although difficult, does not constitute an extreme hardship. See Carnalla-Munoz v. U.S.I.N.S., 627 F.2d 1004, 1007 (9th Cir.1980) (adjustment of alien returning to his homeland is not sufficient hardship to warrant relief). 12 Blanco also claims that the BIA failed to consider the hardship his returning to Nicaragua would cause to his legal permanent resident parents. Blanco claims that his parents would suffer an extreme hardship because, although Blanco has other LPR siblings in the area where his parents live, he is their principal source of transportation to medical appointments and other such errands. (A.R. 14). Although Blanco's tax forms indicate that he claimed his father as a dependent in 1992 and his mother in 1993, Blanco never asserted that they were financially dependent on him. (A.R. 55-61). 13 Blanco's returning to Nicaragua would either force his siblings to become more involved in looking after their parents, or place his parents in the same position as other parents whose children live far away and are unable to help them run errands. Cf. Villena v. I.N.S., 622 F.2d 1352, 1359-60 (9th Cir.1980) (where alien was living with LPR parents a hearing was necessary to determine if they were dependent upon him). 14 Even when the difficulties facing Blanco and his parents are viewed in the aggregate, they still do not constitute an extreme hardship. Id. at 1358 (these factors must be viewed in the aggregate). 15 Therefore, we affirm the denial of the motion to reopen. 16 AFFIRMED.