Zenaida Adviento WATKINS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent

HUG, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, a native and citizen of the Philippines, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of her motion to reopen deportation proceedings to allow her to seek either adjustment of her status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1255, or suspension of deportation, section 244(a)(1) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1254(a)(1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We reverse the BIA’s decision for abuse of discretion.

I. PROCEDURE AND BACKGROUND

Petitioner entered the United States in 1978 under a nonimmigrant…