United States First Circuit

Denial of a Guatemalan national's petition for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT), is affirmed where: 1) petitioner failed to demonstrate a link between the alleged persecution and his political opinion; 2) petitioner offers nothing to show that individuals returning to their native land after a stay in the U.S., or wealthy individuals more generally, would be identified as a group by their community, much less that they would be persecuted on that account; and 3) the mere fact that the police, with nothing to go on, were unable to solve a particular case did not demonstrate their likely consent or acquiescence to torture.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/07/21

Judges

• SELYA

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel