The Board of Immigration Appeals has determined that a cancellation applicant who sustained two DUI convictions during the good moral character period had not rebutted the presumption that he lacked good moral character because “[c]aring for his son and maintaining gainful employment do not constitute an ‘unusual case’ sufficient to ‘overcome the strong evidence’ that the respondent lacked good moral character based on recidivist conduct involving DWI offenses.”

The full text of Matter of Palma-Olvera can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1421101/dl?inline

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