Opinion ID: 2999548
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Well Founded Fear

Text: For her part, Lin argues that while she has no claim of past persecution, she has a well-founded fear of future persecution because she has already borne more children than the family-planning policy allows. But an asylum applicant cannot prevail unless she can show both that she subjectively fears persecution and that there is an objectively reasonable possibility she will be persecuted. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.13(b)(2); Koval, 418 F.3d at 804-05. She must show either that she will be “ ‘singled out’ ” for persecution or that she is a member of a group against whom there has been a demonstrated “ ‘pattern or practice of persecution.’ ” Koval, 418 F.3d at 804-05 (quoting Capric v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 1075, 1085 (7th Cir. 2004)). Lin points only to her parents’ sterilizations, and to State Department reports reflecting that forced abortions and sterilizations “continue[ ] to occur in some rural areas.” However, “generalized evidence” in a country report is an “insufficient basis for granting asylum,” see Rashiah v. Ashcroft, 388 F.3d 1126, 1133 (7th Cir. 2004); Selimi v. Ashcroft, 360 F.3d 736, 74041 (7th Cir. 2004), and Lin’s parents were sterilized many years ago under circumstances bearing no relation to her present circumstances, see Huang v. United States INS, 421 F.3d 125, 128-29 (2d Cir. 2005) (per curiam) (rejecting as “too speculative” petitioner’s claim that she feared persecution for having two American-born children where claim was supported only by country reports and vague testimony that sister-in-law was forcibly sterilized). Finally, both Chen and Lin argue that the IJ erred in failing to consider their claims that they will be punished for departing the country illegally. But they did not raise this claim before the BIA; consequently, it is forfeited. See Feto v. Gonzales, 433 F.3d 907, 912 (7th Cir. 2006). No. 04-1126 9