In re the Claim of Halvorsen

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• holding that kidnaping motivated by money is not persecution on account of a protected ground
• holding that the evidence did not demonstrate that the government was unable or unwilling to protect respondent
• finding that where “[t]he common trait shared by the victims of kidnappings ... is wealth, i.e., their ability to pay large ransoms,” the applicant did not demonstrate that persecution was on account of an enumerated ground
• applying the “on account of” language from 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)

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