Bueso-Avila v. Holder, No. 10-2760 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseIn 2005, petitioner, then a teenager, left Honduras and entered the U.S. illegally. When he was caught and DHS began removal proceedings, he filed an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture, claiming that he had suffered persecution at the hands of a street gang on account of his evangelical Christian religious beliefs and his church youth group membership. The Immigration Judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals denied the application because petitioner failed to establish that the gang's actions were on account of his religion or social group membership. The Seventh Circuit denied an appeal, finding the denial supported by substantial evidence.
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