Matter of Jimenez-Ayala
BIA
29 I&N Dec. 325 (BIA 2025)
2025
Holding
Criminal history of drug use and exposure of children to drugs outweigh favorable factors — including claimed remorse and stated intention to avoid drug use — warranting discretionary denial of cancellation of removal.
Practitioner Note
Conduct harming children is treated as a particularly weighty adverse factor in cancellation discretion, not merely a neutral background fact.
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