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a nd c orrupt i on, M or a l e s ha s notde m ons tr a t e d tha the w i l l m or e l i ke l ytha n notbe t ortured i f he i s i m pri soned u po n h i s r eturn t o E l S al vado r. I V T he B oard di d n otaddres s M oral es ’ s c l ai m re gardi ng T em po raryP rot ec t ed S t atus (T P S ). “ T he B IA i s notfr ee t o i gn ore argum ent s r ai se d b y apet i t i on er . ” Hu v. H older , 652 F . 3d 1011, 1020 ( 9th C i r . 2011) ( i nt e rna l quot a t i on m a rks , c i t a t i on, a nd a l t e r a t i ons om i tt e d) . M or a l e s a de qua t e l ye xhaus t e d thi s c l a i m i n hi s s e c ond b r ie f to th e B o a r d b yr e s ta tin g h is in te r e s t in T P S a n dr e f e rr in g to h is f

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