Moreno-Arias v. Blanche

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 14 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANA CECILIA MORENO-ARIAS, No. 24-6885

Agency No.

Petitioner, A205-648-478 v.

MEMORANDUM* TODD BLANCHE, Acting Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the

Board of Immigration Appeals Submitted July 10, 2026** Portland, Oregon

Before: GRABER, BERZON, and SUNG, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Ana Cecilia Moreno-Arias, a native and citizen of Mexico, timely seeks review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing her appeal of an immigration judge’s denial of cancellation of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we deny the petition.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination that Petitioner failed to show that her removal would cause “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” to her mother, daughter, or son, each of whom is a United States citizen. 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(b)(1)(D); see Gonzalez-Juarez v. Bondi, 137 F.4th 996, 1003 (9th Cir. 2025) (holding that we review for substantial evidence the question whether the BIA erred in applying the “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” standard to the established facts). Petitioner is a loving daughter and mother who works hard to support her family. And, as the BIA recognized, Petitioner’s removal undoubtedly would cause her qualifying relatives to suffer emotional and financial hardship. But the record does not compel the conclusion, see Umana-Escobar v. Garland, 69 F.4th 544, 550 (9th Cir. 2023), that such hardship would be “‘substantially different from, or beyond, that which would normally be expected from the deportation’ of a ‘close family member,’” Wilkinson v. Garland, 601 U.S. 209, 222 (2024) (alteration adopted) (quoting Matter of Monreal-Aguinaga, 23 I. & N. Dec. 56, 65 (BIA 2001)).1

Petition DENIED. alternative means of immigrating to the United States can be a negative factor in a hardship determination).

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