Francisco Juarez-Ramos v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General

T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

I

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and an immigration judge (IJ) held that an expedited removal order in 1999 interrupted Francisco Juarez-Ramos’s physical presence in the United States. Thus, they held that Juarez-Ramos could not establish the required ten years of physical presence necessary to be eligible for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(l). In his petition for review, Juarez-Ramos argues that an expedited removal order should not interrupt an alien’s continuous physical presence because so little process is involved in issuing such…