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ound tha ta dul tpe t i t i one r s ha d f a i l e d t o e s t abl i s h pa s tpe r s e c ut i on because the att ac ks they s uffe re d w er e i nh er entri sks i n thei r dut i es as po l i ce offi ce rs . T he re cord do es no tcom pel the concl usi on thatadul tpet i t i on er s s uffe re d harm on ac coun tof thei r a ctual or i m pu t ed po l i t i ca l op i ni on , or as m em bers of a p a rtic u la rs o c ia l g r o u p c o n s is tin g o f p o lic e o f

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ou nd ed fe arof future pers ec ut i on base d o n thei r s t atus as form er pol i c e of f i c e r s be c aus e the yf

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o u n d e df e a ro f f u tu r e p e r s e c u tio n o n a c c o u n t o f th e irm e m b e r s h ip i n apart i c ul a rs oc i a l gr oup, na m e l ythe i rf a m i l y . T he B I A , how e ve r , di d not addres s thei r c l ai m s. A cc ordi ng l y, w e grantthe pet i t i on w i th res pectt o A nd re a a n dC a r o lin a ’s c la im s a n dr e m a n df o rth e B I A to a d d r e s s th e m in th e f ir s t in s ta n c e .07- 70967 3 See Sag ad

yak v . G on zales , 405 F . 3d 1035, 1040 ( 9th C i r . 2005) ( “ the B I A [ i s ] not f r e e to ig n o r e a r g u m e n ts r a is e db yap e titio n e r ” ) ; see a l so IN S v. V en tu ra , 5 3 7 U . S. 1 2 , 1 6

– 1 8 ( 2 0 0 2 ) ( p e rc u r ia m ) . W e a ls o g r a n t th e p e titio n a n dr e m a n da s to Ca r o l i n a ’ s c l a i m th a ts h e i s e l i g i b l e f o rh u ma n i t a r i a n a s y l u m r e l i e f u n d e r8 C. F. R. § 1 20 8. 13 (b)( 1)(i i i )( B ), du e t o h ergrow th h orm on e def i ci ency , because the B IA a ls o f a ile dto a d d r e s s th is c la im . Se e i d. P E T IT IO N F O R R E V IE W D E N IE D i n p art; G R A N T E D i n p art; RE MAND E D.