Luis Alarcon-Serrano v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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• holding that a “reason to believe” must be “based on reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence”
• holding the Attorney General had reason to believe an alien who crossed the border in a borrowed car loaded with 86 pounds of marijuana was an illicit trafficker without any finding that the alien was rewarded
• finding substantial evidence of “reason to believe” based on circumstantial evidence where “[b]oth the BIA and the IJ disbelieved [petitioner’s] testimony claiming lack of knowledge”
• dismissing petition as unreviewable once substantial evidence supported the finding that petitioner was involved in drug trafficking
• “While a generous fact-finder might have believed [petitioner’s] version of the facts, [the agency was] clearly within reason on these facts and circumstances to conclude 2 19-72788 otherwise.”
• court’s inquiry is limited to the jurisdictional facts necessary to determining whether section 309(c)(4)(G) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 precludes further review

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