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· 3/27/2025

M-S-I

Citations

  • 29 I. & N. Dec. 61

Syllabus

The acquiescence standard for protection under the regulations implementing the Convention Against Torture differs from the unable-or-unwilling standard for asylum and withholding of removal; the potential for private actor violence coupled with a speculation that police cannot or will not help is insufficient to prove acquiescence.

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