Jose Rangel, federal prisoner #34985-177, an illegal alien against whom the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued a detainer subjecting him to immediate removal from the United States upon release from Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) custody, appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging his exclusion from the BOP’s rehabilitation programs and halfway houses. As an initial matter, the government’s motion to dismiss the appeal as moot is DENIED; its motion for an extension of time is DENIED as unnecessary.

We dispense with further briefing. The judgment is AFFIRMED, because the petition is foreclosed by Gallegos-Hernandez v. United States, 688 F.3d 190, 192-93 (5th Cir. 2012) (per curiam), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 561, 184 L.Ed.2d 365, 81 U.S.L.W. 3229 (U.S. Oct. 29, 2012).