Burnam (Nathan) Vs. Dist. Ct. (State)

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• holding that generalized statistics “that women in El Salvador can be ill-treated” does not establish that the specific proposed groups are socially distinct
• holding that threats alone, occurring several times over a period of weeks, did not necessarily compel a finding of persecution
• holding that multiple vague threats did not constitute persecution where there was no violence nor any attempt to perform the threatened acts
• holding that “[m]ere threats, without more, do not necessarily compel a finding of past persecution”
• concluding that “generalized statistics” about violence against women in El Salvador were insufficient because the country report “does not address how Salvadoran society perceives” the proposed PSGs
• holding that the record did not compel finding of past persecution where the perpetrator did not 2 25-1201 perform any acts of violence and never followed through on any of his threats

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