Juan Carlos Moreno-Robles appeals the 70-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for illegal reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He argues that the presumption of reasonableness does not apply to his within-guidelines sentence because the illegal reentry guideline, U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, is not supported by empirical data. He also contends that the sentence is greater than *914 necessary to meet the sentencing goals outlined in 18 U.S.C. § 3558(a). He urges that a lower sentence is sufficient because his life was threatened while living in Mexico, and he returned to the United States only pursuant to his family’s request; he spent most of his life living in the United States; and the guidelines effectively double-counted his prior conviction of importation of marihuana by using it to calculate the criminal history score and to increase the base offense level.

As Moreno-Robles concedes, his empirical-data argument is foreclosed by United States v. Mondragon-Santiago, 564 F.3d 357, 366-67 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 192, 175 L.Ed.2d 120 (2009). We have rejected the claim that the double counting of criminal history necessarily renders a sentence unreasonable. See United States v. Duarte, 569 F.3d 528, 529-31 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 378, 175 L.Ed.2d 231 (2009).

The district court considered Moreno-Robles’s request for leniency, but it ultimately determined that the sentence is appropriate. Moreno-Robles’s arguments regarding his upbringing in the United States and his motive for reentering the United States are insufficient to rebut the presumption of reasonableness. See United States v. Gomez-Herrera, 523 F.3d 554, 565-66 (5th Cir. 2008). He has not shown that the sentence is unreasonable and has not rebutted the presumption of reasonableness that attaches to the within-guidelines sentence. See United States v. Cooks, 589 F.3d 173, 186 (5th Cir. 2009), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 1930, 176 L.Ed.2d 397 (2010). Accordingly, the judgment is AFFIRMED.