Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft

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• holding that State Department Country Report constituted substantial evidence to support the BIA’s finding of changed country conditions
• holding that the State Department Country Report constituted substantial evidence to support the BIA’s finding of changed country conditions in Guatemala
• noting that “an individual who can relocate safely within [her] home country ordinarily cannot qualify for asylum” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that an applicant’s relocation prior to departure without incident is highly relevant in determining whether an applicant qualifies for asylum
• holding petitioner’s presumed well-founded fear of future persecution was rebutted by finding that the civil war was over, that the reports indicate that only party leaders faced harassment, and that the report suggested the petitioner’s political party no longer exists
• noting “an individual who can relocate safely within his home country ordinarily cannot qualify for asylum”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).