RAMOS GOMEZ v. GARLAND (2021)

[Unpublished]

Guatemalan native and citizen Julia Judith Ramos-Gomez (Ramos-Gomez) sought asylum, individually and on behalf of her minor sons, Auner Neymar Ramos-Gomez and Yeison Alexander Bama-Ramos, based on her membership in a proposed particular social group defined as “single Guatemalan mothers of young children.”¹ An immigration judge denied her asylum application, and the Board of Immigration Appeals summarily affirmed the result, without an opinion. Ramos-Gomez petitions for review.

Having reviewed the record, we conclude substantial evidence supports the determination that Ramos-Gomez failed to demonstrate an objectively reasonable fear of particularized persecution on account of a protected ground. See Lemus-Arita v. Sessions, 854 F.3d 476, 482-83 (8th Cir. 2017) (standard of review). A reasonable fact finder could conclude, as the immigration judge did, that the harm Ramos-Gomez feared resulted from generalized violence, and that her fear was not objectively reasonable because she remained unharmed in Guatemala as a single mother with young children for over two years before leaving. See id. at 482; Al Yatim v. Mukasey, 531 F.3d 584, 588-89 (8th Cir. 2008).

Accordingly, we deny the petition for review.

FOOTNOTES

1.   Ramos-Gomez's sons were derivative applicants on her asylum application. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(3)(A). Ramos-Gomez concedes she does not seek withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture.

PER CURIAM.