Guennadi Y. Mikhailevitch v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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• finding that there is no presumption of a well-founded fear if petitioner failed to establish past persecution
• explaining that “‘persecution’ within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A
• requiring the applicant to show, among other things, that he “has a fear of persecution in his ... country on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion”
• internal Organization typology, the prevalent forms of female genital mutilation. Type I, commonly referred to as “clitoridectomy,” is the removal “of the quotation marks omitted
• “An application seeking withholding of deportation faces a more stringent burden of proof than one for asylum.”
• judge’s questioning of alien’s counsel was not intended to prevent alien from presenting evidence but to clarify time period and focus on alien’s situation

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