United States First Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) properly denied petitioner's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture, where: 1) the BIA was reasonable in determining that petitioner's prior affiliation with a street gang did not constitute a "particular social group;" and 2) the BIA did not err in finding that petitioner presented insufficient evidence that he would more likely than not be tortured at the hands of the Salvadoran government.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/31/2013
• Published 10/31/2013

Judges

• HOWARD

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel