Fuentes

MEMORANDUM **

Carmen Rosa Fuentes, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105 (a). See Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997). We review the IJ’s decision as the final agency determination. See Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft, 350 F.3d 845, 849 (9th Cir.2003). We review for substantial evidence, Lata v. INS, 204 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.2000), and deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s determination that Fuentes did not establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution because Fuentes did not show that any mistreatment was or would be on account of a protected ground. See Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1486-87 (9th Cir.1997). Specifically, Fuentes’ testimony that she had temporarily provided housing for a family member who is a police officer does not compel the conclusion that the threats and harassment by unidentified men were on account of an imputed political opinion, or that she would be targeted upon…