High Point Community Ass'n v. Zoning Board of Appeals

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• declaring that future predictions about what may occur when an alien is returned to his country were legal rather than factual determinations that the BIA was authorized to make
• explaining that the BIA reviews an IJ’s factual findings for clear error, but reviews de novo the question of whether those facts support a conclusion that the hardship rises to the required level
• explaining that whether established facts meet the legal standard of persecution is a legal question subject to de novo review
• stating that the BIA “may review de novo whether the facts support a conclusion that the hardship rises to the required level”
• explaining that whether an alien has suffered harm amounting to persecution or has a well-founded fear of persecution are legal questions reviewed de novo by the Board
• declaring that future predictions about what may occur when an alien is returned to his country were legal rather than factual determinations that the BIA was authorized to make

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).