United States First Circuit

In removal proceedings in which a Salvadoran national sought asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), a petition for review of the BIA's denial of all relief is affirmed, where: 1) the BIA properly rejected the petitioner's proposed social group profile--young Salvadoran men who have resisted gang recruitment and whose parents are unavailable to protect them; 2) the petitioner failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of his political opinion; and 3) the petitioner did not establish a likelihood of torture if he were to be repatriated.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/16/2012
• Published 03/16/2012

Judges

• Howard

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ilana Greenstein, Corey L. Farrell