Medina

Medina v. Ashcroft

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81 F. App'x 668
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 17, 2003No. 02-73841California272 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Martin Garcia Medina and his minor daughter, Socorro Garcia, natives and citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) *669 affirmance without opinion of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of their applications for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s conclusion that Garcia Medina has not established past persecution. Persecution is an “extreme concept,” encompassing “the infliction of suffering or harm.” Fisher v. INS, 79 F.3d 955, 961 (9th Cir.1996) (en banc) (quotation marks and citation omitted). Garcia Medina’s description of his experiences as a supporter of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (“PRD”) does not include any acts of persecution.

Nor has Garcia Medina shown a well-founded fear of future persecution. He testified that he would “be willing to live in Mexico in a state in which the ... PRD controlled the local government.” Moreover, an alien must “point[] to credible, direct, and specific evidence ... that would support [an objectively] reasonable fear of persecution.” Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d…

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