Villafranca v. Holder, No. 14-1881 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, a Honduran national, applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The Immigration Judge denied all of Petitioner’s claims for relief and ordered him removed to Honduras. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed, concluding that Petitioner failed to establish either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) the record was consistent with the agency’s determination that Petitioner failed to establish past persecution and that Petitioner’s professed fear of future persecution was not objectively reasonable, and therefore, Petitioner’s asylum claim and claim for withholding of removal were properly denied; and (2) Petitioner’s claim for protection under CAT was waived.
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