In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ Nos. 18-3021 & 19-2055 FRANCO DAMIAN FERREYRA, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent. ____________________ Petitions for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.1 No. A204-076-881 ____________________ ARGUED APRIL 28, 2020 — DECIDED JUNE 16, 2020 ____________________ Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges. RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. Franco Damian Ferreyra, a citizen of Argentina, seeks review of an order of the Board of Immi- gration Appeals mandating his removal from the Unit- 1 See infra note 2. 2 Nos. 18-3021 & 19-2055 ed States.2 The Board upheld the validity of a waiver, signed upon Mr. Ferreyra’s entry into the United States, that pre- vents Mr. Ferreyra from contesting removal for reasons oth- er than persecution and torture. The Board determined that Mr. Ferreyra was ineligible for relief on either of those grounds, and that, given the waiver, it could not consider his requests for cancellation of removal based on family hard- ship. We conclude that the record supports the Board’s deter- mination that Mr. Ferreyra did not present a case warranting relief because of a credible fear of persecution or torture. We further conclude that the Board correctly held that the waiv- er is valid and that Mr. Ferreyra therefore cannot present a claim for cancellation of removal based on family hardship. Accordingly, we deny the petition for review. 2 During the pendency of these immigration proceedings, Mr. Ferreyra also filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal district court, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from the final removal order of the Department of Homeland Security. He argued that the evidence did not show that he validly had waived his rights under the Visa Waiver Program and that his continued detention violated his due process rights. Because the courts of appeals have exclusive jurisdiction to re- view orders of removal, see Padilla v. Gonzalez, 470 F.3d 1209, 1213 (7th Cir. 2006) (holding that “Congress clearly intended the courts of appeals to be the one judicial forum for hearing challenges to administrative re- moval orders”), the district court transferred the case to this court rather than dismiss it. Mr. Ferreyra’s habeas petition, like his petition for re- view of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, challenges his final order of removal; therefore, we have consolidated the two cases. The petition for habeas corpus is duplicative and therefore moot. Nos. 18-3021 & 19-2055 3 I. BACKGROUND In December 2001, Mr. Ferreyra, then thirteen years old, entered the United States under the Visa Waiver Program, 8 U.S.C. § 1187. This program allows foreign visitors to come to the United States for ninety days without first obtaining a visa. Id. § 1187(a)(1). To qualify, the visitor must have a passport from a participating country and waive the right to contest removal, except based on asylum. Id. § 1187(a)–(b). At the time of entry, the visitor must “present a completed, signed ...
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