Goenawan Boedijono v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Goenawan Boedijono and Meyke Margaretha, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir. 2006), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Petitioners do not challenge the agency’s finding that they failed to demonstrate past persecution. Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that petitioners lack a well-founded fear of future persecution because, even as members of disfavored groups as ethnic Chinese Indonesians and Christians, they failed to establish that they face an individualized risk of harm. See Halim v. Holder, 590 F.3d 971, 979 (9th Cir.2009); Lolong v. Gonzales, 484 F.3d 1173, 1181 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc) (petitioner’s fears might be “shared by millions of ethnic Chinese Christians in Indonesia.”). Accordingly, petitioners’ asylum…