Jose Guerrero Tejado v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Jose Guerrero Tejado (“Guerrero”) seeks review of a final order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his applications for cancellation of removal and asylum. We find that the IJ and the BIA properly exercised their discretion in denying Guerrero’s applications, and deny Guerrero’s petition for review.

I. Background

Guerrero, a Honduras native, entered the United States illegally in 1990. For most of his stay in this country, Guerrero has misrepresented himself as a citizen of El Salvador for the advantageous Temporary Protected Status (TPS)…