Emma Castro-Sanchez v. Eric H. Holder Jr

MEMORANDUM

Emma Elizabeth Castro-Sanchez, Manuel de Jesus Castro-Sanchez, and Wendy Claribel Caceres-Salinas, natives and citizens of El Salvador, petition pro se for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their applications for asylum and "withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 & n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that petitioners failed to demonstrate the harm they suffered from gang members or from their uncle was on account of a protected ground. See Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir.2004). We do not reach petitioners’ contentions that they were harmed on account of an imputed political opinion or that they are members of a particular social group based on their family ties because these distinct claims were not presented to the agency. See Barron v. Ashcroft, 358 F.3d 674, 678 (9th Cir.2004). Substantial evidence also supports the finding that petitioners…