Opinion ID: 753899
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Asylum Claim--Well-Founded Fear of Persecution

Text: 7 Morales-Rodriquez also failed to establish eligibility based on a well-founded fear of persecution. A well-founded fear has both a subjective and an objective component. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 338 (9th Cir.1995). Petitioner's credible testimony that she genuinely feared persecution satisfies the subjective component. See Acewicz v. INS, 984 F.2d 1056, 1061 (9th Cir.1993). 8 To satisfy the objective component, an alien must show credible, direct, and specific evidence of facts supporting a reasonable fear of persecution. Prasad, 47 F.3d at 338 (quoting Shirazi-Parsa v. INS, 14 F.3d 1424, 1427 (9th Cir.1994)). In concluding Morales-Rodriquez could not show that an objectively reasonable person would fear persecution, the BIA considered the limited interest the FARC had in Morales-Rodriquez, even on her reading of the facts; her failure to claim asylum promptly; the lack of harm to her family since 1989; and evidence that Morales-Rodriquez had not reported the incidents to the authorities. Cumulatively, this constituted substantial evidence.