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W i l l i am P. Barr, At to rn ey

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Gu at em al an ci t i zen Zarah i Qu i n i l l a-De La Cru z, i nd i v i d u al ly an d o n b eh al f o f h er m i n o r so n J ero b o am Q u ix an -Qu i n i l l a, p e t i t i o n s fo r rev i ew o f an ord er o f t h e Bo ard o f Im

m i g rat i o n A p peal s , wh i ch d i s m i s sed h er ap p eal fro m t h e d eci si o n o f ani m

m i g rat i o n ju d g e (IJ ) d en y i ng h er as y l u m , wi t h h o ld in g o f rem o v al , an d p ro t ect i o n

u n d er t h e Co n v en t i o n Ag ai n s t To rt u re (CAT). 1

W e co n cl u d e t h at su b st an t i al e vide nc e suppor t s the a ge nc y ’ s d et erm i n at i o n t h at Qu i ni l l a-De La Cru z was n o t en t i t l ed t o as y l u m b ec a u s e s h e d id no t es t ab l i s h p as t
p ers ecu t i o n o r a wel l -fo u n d ed fea r o f f u tu re p ers ecu t i o n o n acco u n t o f a p ro t ect ed
g ro u nd

. See May org a-Ro s a v. Ses si o ns , 88 8 F.3 d 3 7 9, 3 81 (8 t h Ci r. 2 0 1 8 ) (as y l u m req u i rem en t s ); Garci a-M i l i an v

. Ly n ch , 8 2 5 F.3 d 9 4 3 , 9 4 5 (8 t h Ci r. 2 0 1 6) (s t an d ard

o f rev i ew). Su b s t an t i al ev i d en ce al s o s u p p ort s t h e ag en cy ’ s co n cl u si on t h at Qu i n i l l aDe La Cru z w as no t el i g i b l e fo r wi t h h o l d i n g o f rem o val an d CAT rel i ef. See M art in M art i n v

. Barr, 9 1 6 F.3 d 1 1 4 1, 1 1 4 5 (8 t h Ci r. 20 1 9 ) (u nd er t he CAT, al ien m u s t s h o w

s ev ere p ai n o r s u fferi n g i n fl i ct ed b y o r at t h e i n s t ig at i o n o f o r wi t h t h e co n s en t o r acq u ies cen ce of a p ub l i c o ffi ci al o r o t h er p ers o n act i n g in an o ffi ci al cap aci t y ); Gu l ed

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. M u k as ey , 5 1 5 F.3 d 87 2 , 8 8 1 -8 2 (8 t h Ci r. 2 0 08 ) (al i en wh o d o es n o t m eet s t an d ard fo r as y lu m can n ot m eet m o re ri g o ro u s cl ear p ro b ab i li t y s t an d ard fo r wi t h h o l d i n g o f

rem o v al ).

Th e p et i t i o n fo r rev i ew i s d en ied . See 8 th Ci r. R. 4 7B.

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1 Th e d eri v at i ve ap p l i cat i o n Qu i n i l l a-De La Cru z bro u g h t o n b eh al f o f h er so n
s o u g ht as y lu m o n ly

. See 8 U.S.C. § 1 1 5 8 (b )(3 )(A) (ch i l d al s o m ay b e g ran t ed as y l u m i f acco m p an y i n g p ri n ci p al al i en was gran t ed as y l u m ). Beca u s e Qu i x an -Qu i n i l l a’ s
as y l um ap p l i cat i o n i s d eri v at i v e o f h i s m o t h er’ s , al l s u bs eq u en t referen ces are to Qu i ni l l a-De La Cru z.
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