Opinion ID: 673115
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Text: 3 Petitioner, a thirty-six year old native of Nigeria, arrived in the United States in March, 1988, on a two-months' visitor's visa. In February, 1989, petitioner's application for permanent resident status was denied, and he was served with an Order to Show Cause as to why he should not be deported. At the subsequent deportation hearing, petitioner requested asylum and withholding of deportation. 4 The IJ denied petitioner's request for asylum and withholding of deportation and found him deportable as charged. Petitioner appealed the IJ's decision. On December 14, 1992, the BIA dismissed petitioner's appeal after concluding that he failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution. The Board also concluded that because petitioner failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution, he necessarily failed to satisfy the higher standard of proof necessary for withholding of deportation.