Opinion
22-1094
08-19-2022
Salvador Solis Ortega Petitioner v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General of the United States Respondent
Unpublished
Submitted: August 16, 2022
Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals
Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Mexican citizen Salvador Solis Ortega petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his motion for reconsideration as untimely. Having jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, this court denies the petition.
Solis Ortega requests a remand or an abeyance to permit the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to consider his pending nonimmigrant U-visa. Solis Ortega waived any challenge to the denial of his motion for reconsideration, because he failed to advance any argument that the agency erred in denying the motion. See Chay-Velasquez v. Ashcroft, 367 F.3d 751, 756 (8th Cir. 2004). He also failed to administratively exhaust the issue raised in his brief. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252(d)(1); Bakor v. Barr, 958 F.3d 732, 738-39 (8th Cir. 2020), cert. denied sub nom. Bakor v. Garland, 141 S.Ct. 2566 (2021).
The petition is denied.