Opinion ID: 812115
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Text: dangerous device (other than for mere per- sonal monetary gain), with intent to endan- ger, directly or indirectly, the safety of one or more individuals or to cause substantial damage to property. (VI) A threat, attempt, or conspiracy to do any of the foregoing. Id. § 1182(a)(3)(B)(iii). Here, it is undisputed that at the time of Viegas’s membership, many FLEC factions engaged in violence against the Angolan government and civilians and destroyed government property. Nonetheless, Viegas argues that because the FLEC is comprised of factions, it cannot be considered a terrorist 8 VIEGAS v. HOLDER organization as a whole. But even Viegas’s own expert testified that Cabindans . . . rarely distinguished between FLEC factions, rather they attributed most activities in support of independence to a generalized FLEC. J.A. 655. Further, Homeland Security’s submissions indicate ‘that most, if not all, of the FLEC factions include military wings [that] engaged in violence. . . .’ J.A. 17. This evidence sufficiently establishes that Homeland Security met its initial burden to show that the FLEC qualifies as a terrorist organization. Further, there is no dispute that Viegas was a member of at least some component of the FLEC. This is sufficient to meet Homeland Security’s burden to present evidence indicating that Viegas was a member of a terrorist organization. Therefore, the burden shifted to Viegas to establish that the INA’s bars did not apply to him because he belonged to a separate, nonviolent organization. See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(c); id. § 1208.16(d)(2). Accordingly, we find no error in how the BIA or the Immigration Judge assigned the burden of proof.