Hong Ying Gao v. Alberto Gonzales, 1

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• stating that the BIA in Acosta adopted a reasonable interpretation of the statutory language
• explaining that an applicant must demonstrate that the characteristics of the social group are “a central reason why she has been, or may be, targeted for persecution”
• finding that the petitioner was persecuted “on account of’ her membership in the particular social group of women who have been sold into marriage despite the fact that her claim arose from a broken contract for marriage, which created a dispute between two families
• finding women who have been sold into marriage in a part of China where forced marriages are valid and enforceable to be members of a particular social group
• acknowledging, in discussing Gomez, that “[t]he general law in our Circuit on particular social groups is less than clear,” and declining to “decide the exact scope of Gomez”
• country report stating 13 that efforts to combat trafficking were hampered by corruption 14 supported a finding that government would not protect applicant 15 from private abuse

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