PORTILLO-GUTIERREZ

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25 I&N Dec. 148

(BIA 2009) Interim Decision #3665 Matter of Hugo PORTILLO-GUTIERREZ, Respondent File A098 672 802 - El Paso, Texas Decided November 30, 2009 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals A stepchild who meets the definition of a “child” under section 101(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(b)(1)(B) (2006), is a qualifying relative for purposes of establishing exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for cancellation of removal under section 240A(b)(1)(D) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(D)…