Cano v. Lynch, No. 14-3730 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, a citizen of Mexico, appealed the BIA's denial of his claim for withholding of removal based on harm he suffered at the hands of a drug cartel in Mexico when he was twelve years old. The court concluded that the BIA did not err in finding that petitioner failed to establish a causal nexus between the persecution he suffered and his membership in the proposed particular social group: “escapee Mexican child laborers.” Accordingly, because the BIA did not err in denying petitioner's application for withholding of removal, the court denied the petition for review.
Court Description: Kelly, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Beam, Circuit Judge] Petition for Review - Immigration. The BIA did not err in denying petitioner's application for withholding of removal as he failed to establish a causal nexus between the persecution he suffered at the hands of a drug cartel and his membership in his proposed particular social group.
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