Suinda
Suinda v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM ***
Winny Suinda and Meylien Raehman, natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) and Immigration Judge (“U”) of their application *860 for asylum and withholding of removal. We lack jurisdiction to review the determination that petitioners are ineligible for asylum because they failed to apply within one year of arriving in the United States. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a)(3); Hakeem v. INS, 273 F.3d 812, 815 (9th Cir.2001). Under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , we have jurisdiction to review the denial of withholding of removal. We review for substantial evidence, see Hakeem, 273 F.3d at 816 , and deny the petition for review.
Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s and IJ’s determination that petitioners have not demonstrated that it is more likely than not that they will be persecuted in Indonesia. Neither being harassed and hit as a child, nor being pressured to not attend church, rise to a level of persecution. See Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1016 (9th Cir.2003) (holding that being teased, bothered, discriminated against, harassed, and fired from job because of religious beliefs did not rise to level of…