Manuel Guzman-Vazquez v. William P. Barr

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• noting that 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(1)(B)(ii) also refers to an applicant’s burden to “demonstrate that the applicant is a refugee”
• finding that withholding applicants “must demonstrate that a protected ground was at least one reason for their persecution”
• finding that withholding applicants “must demonstrate that a protected ground was at least one reason for their persecution”
• explaining that a protected ground must be “one central reason” for persecution to warrant asylum, whereas a protected ground need be only “a reason” for persecution to warrant withholding of removal
• explaining “the more difficult burden facing a withholding applicant on the question of likelihood of persecution”
• rejecting the dissent’s position that a withholding-of-removal claim should require but-for causation

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