GONZALEZ ALVAREZ v. BARR (2020)

Jose Mateo Gonzalez-Alvarez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) dismissing his appeal of the Immigration Judge's (IJ) decision denying relief from removal. Gonzalez-Alvarez raises a single issue on appeal, asserting that the Board erred in declining to address his claim, raised for the first time in his administrative appeal, that he qualified for asylum based on imputed anti-gang political opinion. Upon review, we conclude that Gonzalez-Alvarez's administrative appeal brief did not meet the requirements of a motion to reconsider or remand, see 8 C.F.R. § 1003.2(b)(1), (c)(1) (2020), and that the Board did not err in declining to consider his claim based on anti-gang political opinion for the first time on appeal. See Matter of W-Y-C-, 27 I. & N. Dec. 189, 190 (B.I.A. 2018) (noting that Board has long held that it will generally not consider arguments or claims that could have, but were not, raised before the IJ). Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the reasons stated by the Board. See In re Gonzalez-Alvarez (B.I.A. Feb. 11, 2020). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DENIED

PER CURIAM:

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.