Opinion
No. 10-73824 Agency No. A093-446-440
02-24-2012
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
Submitted February 21, 2012
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Marcelo Luna-Mastache, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's removal order. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review de novo questions of law, Gutierrez v. Holder, 662 F.3d 1083, 1086 (9th Cir. 2011), and we deny the petition for review.
Luna-Mastache contends that the government's evidence of his alienage should not have been admitted at his removal hearing because it was protected by the confidentiality provision set forth at 8 U.S.C. § 1255a(c)(5)(A)(i). Contrary to his contention, the BIA correctly concluded that the evidence was not protected because it was drawn from Luna-Mastache's employment verification documents, and was not "information furnished by" Luna-Mastache in his legalization application. 8 U.S.C. § 1255a(c)(5)(A)(i); see also id. § 1101(a)(3) ("The term 'alien' means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.").
Luna-Mastache's contention that 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B) violates due process and separation of powers by impinging on his fundamental right to family unity is foreclosed by De Mercado v. Mukasey, 566 F.3d 810, 816 (9th Cir. 2009).
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED.