MATEO ALEXANDER MATEO-ESTEBAN v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 13, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Terence G. Hoerman, AMERICAN IMMIGRATION HELP NOW, P.C., Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, for Petitioner.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Sarah E. Witri, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Judge(s): McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: Petition for Review from the Board of Immigration Appeals

LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Mateo Alexander Mateo-Esteban and his father Montejo entered the United States illegally. Mateo-Esteban applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention against Torture (CAT). The immigration judge (IJ) and Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) ordered him removed because he had not established a legally cognizable social group and did not demonstrate that the Guatemalan government would acquiesce in his torture if he returned. For these same reasons, we DENY the petition for review. 

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