Patricio Hernandez-Cordero and Maria Guadalupe Ortega De Hernandez v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Patricio Hernandez-Cordero and his wife, Maria Guadalupe Ortega de Hernandez, appeal the denial of their application for a suspension of deportation. 8 U.S.C. § 1254(a)(1). We affirm.

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Mr. and Mrs. Hernandez are citizens of the Republic of Mexico. They have resided in the United States continuously since they were married in 1975. Mr. Hernandez is a self-employed trim-carpenter contractor and earns approximately $12,000 per year. Mrs. Hernandez is a housewife. The Hernandezes’ assets are valued at approximately $70,000.

The Hernandezes have four children: Victor,…