Hamoudi H. KHOURASSANY; Hashem H. Khourassany; Fetam Khourassany, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent

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• holding that similar harassment was insufficient to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution
• holding that repeated detention and questioning by the police does not constitute persecution
• finding that the forced closing of the applicant’s restaurant did not rise to the level of harm constituting past persecution when he continued to operate other businesses
• stating that alien paid smugglers to bring his wife and child to the United States
• accepting INS’s contention that the Board’s denial of a motion to reopen asserting a claim under the Convention is a final order of removal
• applying the alien smuggling rule to the good moral character requirement in the context of a determination of eligibility for voluntary departure

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