Espinosa-Cortez v. Attorney General of United States

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• stating that, to establish a well-founded fear, the alien must prove that he has a subjective apprehension of harm and that his fear is objectively reasonable
• recognizing that substantial-evidence review is “highly deferential” to the agency
• recognizing that substantial-evidence review is “highly deferential” to the agency
• recognizing that substantial-evidence review is “highly deferential” to the agency
• stating that an agency’s determination whether a petition has established that he or she has a well-founded fear of persecution must be upheld if it is supported by substantial evidence
• noting that “the INA makes motive critical,” but an asylum applicant may rely on circumstantial evidence of the persecutor’s motive, since “persecutors are hardly likely to submit declarations explaining exactly what motivated them to act” (quotation marks and citations omitted)

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