Rei Feng Wang v. Lynch

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Rei Feng Wang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying as untimely, by approximately fifteen years, his motion to reopen his earlier removal proceedings on the purported basis of changed country circumstances. We exercise jurisdiction and deny Wang’s petition for review. The BIA did not abuse its discretion in denying Wang’s motion. We also decline to take a position on a potential circuit split on “mixed petitions.”

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On October 2, 1996, Wang was interdicted in international waters near Bermuda. He…