United States First Circuit

Petition for review of denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture is denied where: 1) Board of Immigration Appeals can adopt part of the Immigration Judge's decision and add its own analysis; 2) substantial evidence supported the determination that the harms Christian, ethnic Chinese-petitioner suffered in Indonesia did not constitute persecution; and 3) substantial evidence supported the IJ's and BIA's determination that petitioner failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution in light of the fact that her family continues to live in relative safety in Indonesia.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2008
• Published 11/19/2008

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• United States First Circuit

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