Legal Opinion

Rios v. Lynch

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 30, 2016No. 15-60096 Summary CalendarPublished

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:*

Francisco M. Jacobo Rios petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Ap*450peals’ denial of his motion to terminate removal proceedings, in which he claimed derivative citizenship under former Immigration and Nationality Act § 321(a), 8 U.S.C. § 1432(a). Under § 1432(a), Jacobo Rios asserts he derived citizenship because his mother, who had sole custody of him, filed an 1-130 petition on his behalf and naturalized while he was under 18 years old. Because he has not shown that he can demonstrate he was lawfully present in the United States or that he took steps to become lawful…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Evaristo Gonzalez Gonzalez v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014

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