Abdel-Rahman v. Gonzales

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the principle that potential criminal prosecution generally does not constitute persecution “respects a government’s freedom to devise its own laws and penalties for criminal conduct” (citation omitted)
• \[Alvarez Lagos's] only expression of her opposition to Barrio 18's demands was to flee to the United States.\
• “where the motive underlying a purported prosecution is illegitimate, such prosecution is more aptly called persecution”
• “the potential for a criminal prosecution in an applicant’s native country does not alone constitute persecution”
• “The decision[] of the BIA concerning asylum . .. [is] .deemed conclusive if supported by reasonable, substantial and probative evidence on .the record considered as a whole.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “The decision[] of the BIA concerning asylum . . . [is] deemed conclusive if supported by reasonable, substantial and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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