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GARRIDO-MORATO v. GONZALES

No. 05-60555.

485 F.3d 319 (2007)

Miriam GARRIDO-MORATO, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa S. Brodyaga (argued), Rufugio de Rio Grande, San Benito, TX, Javier N. Maldonado, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, San Antonio, TX, for Petitioner.

Lawrence Ludka, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Corpus Christi, TX, Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Michael Taylor Shelby, Houston, TX, E.M. Trominski, Dist. Director, U.S.I.N.S., Lisa M. Putnam, Harlingen, TX, Trey Lund, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Field Office Director, Attn: Carl Perry, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Miriam Garrido-Morato ("Garrido") petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). The BIA held that she was ineligible for discretionary hardship relief from deportation because in 1996 she was convicted by her plea of guilty for harboring aliens. The primary issues she raises relate to the retroactivity of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act ("IIRIRA") amendments that made...

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