Yan Quin Wang v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Yan Quin Wang and Yan Zhu Wang, natives and citizens of China, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision, affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 .

When, as here, the BIA affirms without an opinion, we review the IJ’s decision directly. See Kebede v. Ashcroft, 366 F.3d 808, 809 (9th Cir.2004). We review for substantial evidence, Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 966 (9th Cir.1998), and we deny the petition for review.

The IJ found that the destruction of the contents of petitioners’ home did not constitute past persecution. We conclude that petitioners’ testimony does not compel a finding of past persecution. See Singh, 134 F.3d at 969 (property damage to petitioner’s home and burglary did not compel a finding of persecution).

*637 The IJ further found that petitioners could not show an objectively reasonable well-founded fear of future persecution. We conclude that, absent direct and specific evidence that petitioners face a particular risk of forced contraceptive…