Martinez-Perdomo

MEMORANDUM **

William Obdulio Martinez-Perdomo, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a final order of deportation entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) on September 11, 2000. The facts and prior proceedings are known to the parties; they are not restated herein except as necessary.

The BIA dismissed Martinez-Perdomo’s appeal from an order of an Immigration Judge denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation on the ground that he failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of his political opinion.

There is no evidence that Martinez-Perdomo’s grandmother and aunt’s employment as laundresses for the Salvadoran military caused the guerillas to impute a political opinion to him. Nor is there any evidence that the guerillas ever harmed or threatened Martinez-Perdomo or his family. The guerillas’ mere questioning of Martinez-Perdomo’s grandmother does not rise to the level of persecution. Khourassany v. INS, 208 F.3d 1096, 1100-01 (9th Cir.2000) (detention and questioning by police does not constitute persecution). Indeed, at his hearing before the Immigration Judge, Martinez-Perdomo testified that…