Wei Wang v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Wei Wang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)’s order dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We deny the petition.

1. The BIA did not err in concluding that Wang failed to establish past persecution on account of political opinion, membership in a particular social group, or religion. The primary harm Wang alleges is the forced abortion and sterilization to which his wife was subjected, with consequent impact on him. The BIA correctly recognized that such harm could not alone establish that Wang was entitled to asylum. See Jiang v. Holder, 611 F.3d 1086, 1095 (9th Cir.2010); Matter of J-S- 24 I. & N. Dec. 520, 534-35 (Att’y Gen.2008). The BIA did recognize that Wang may have been eligible for asylum if his wife had been targeted to punish him, but correctly determined that Wang never made such an allegation.

Nor did the BIA err in concluding that Wang did not demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution. After his wife was forcibly sterilized, he suffered no punishment; he…