Lopez-Esparza v. Holder

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Juan Lopez-Esparza, who asks us to reverse the denial of his petition for cancellation of removal, entered the United States illegally in 1999 from Mexico; he is a Mexican citizen, though he has resided in the United States since his 1999 entry continuously except for several visits to Mexico between 2000 and 2008. In 2010 he was stopped for what the parties call a “minor traffic offense”; it was driving without a license, but that would be a minor offense if for example he had a license but had left it at home — we don’t know. The stop led to the discovery that he was…