Ajin
Ajin v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*162 MEMORANDUM **
Petitioner, Olga Marina Ajin, a Guatemalan native and citizen, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Because the BIA issued its decision after October 31, 1996, and Ajin’s deportation proceedings began prior to April 1, 1997, this court has jurisdiction under § 106(a) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a)(l), as it was codified prior to the passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104— 208, 110 Stat. 3009 (Sept. 30, 1996) (IIRIRA). See IIRIRA § 309(c)(4); Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997). We deny the petition for review.
Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we will not recount them in detail except as necessary.
Ajin argues that the Immigration Judge and the BIA erred in concluding that she had failed to establish either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of an imputed political opinion and/or membership in a particular social group. We must deny the petition, if in the record as a whole, there was “reasonable,…