Wendy Hernandez v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Wendy G. Rivera Hernandez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing her appeal from the immigration judge’s denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of removal. The IJ found that petitioner was not eligible for asylum relief because her asylum application was untimely, and that petitioner failed to establish persecution and therefore she was not entitled to asylum or withholding of removal relief. The BIA held that petitioner had waived any challenge to the IJ’s finding that her asylum application was untimely, and denied petitioner’s application for withholding of removal based on her failure to establish persecution.

Petitioner alleges that the BIA erred in denying her request for asylum and withholding relief because she fears persecution from criminal gangs, and because the BIA failed to fully articulate its reasons for dismissing her appeal.

Petitioner does not challenge the BIA’s determination that she had waived any challenge to the denial of her asylum application, and therefore petitioner has waived any arguments concerning whether she merited asylum relief. See…