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Immigration: Asylum-Past Persecution
Staff Report//November 13, 2023//
Listen to this articleWhere a petitioner from Guatemala sought review of an order upholding the denial of his application for asylum, the agency did not err in determining that the repeated sexual harassment suffered by petitioner did not rise to the level of past persecution to find eligibility for asylum.
Petition denied.
Juarez-Vicente v. Garland (MLW No. 80723/Case No. 22-3318 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kobes, J.) Petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. (Nathan Randal Bogart, Fayetteville, AR for petitioner) (Susan Bennett Green, Washington, D.C. argued for respondent).
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