Jesus Meraz-Reyes v. Alberto Gonzales, 1 Attorney General of the United States of America

Petitioner Jesus Meraz-Reyes, a citizen of Mexico unlawfully present in the United States, conceded removability and applied for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b, or in the alternative, voluntary departure. An immigration judge denied cancellation of removal but granted voluntary departure with an alternative order of removal to Mexico. In denying cancellation of removal, the immigration judge found that the petitioner failed to establish that his removal would result in an “extraordinary and extremely unusual hardship” to his eight-year-old, United States-citizen child. 8…