Opinion ID: 3034338
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Additional Claims for Relief

Text: Because Petitioners have failed to establish past persecution, their claims for asylum on the basis of a well-founded fear of future persecution, withholding of removal and relief under the CAT must similarly fail. Petitioners merely rely on the regulatory presumption to establish a fear of future persecution; they have not presented any independent arguments to support a claim of fear of future persecution. Nothing in the record compels us to conclude that Petitioners would be persecuted if returned to Macedonia. Petitioners’ failure to meet the lower standard for a grant of asylum supports the denial of their claim for withholding of removal. See Ambartsoumian v. Ashcroft, 388 F.3d 85, 88-89 (3d Cir. 2004). Finally, Blerta never alleged that she was tortured and, therefore, no relief is available under the CAT.