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· 5/1/2024

Matter of Cassidy B. (Cyntora B.)

Citations

  • 2024 NY Slip Op 02319

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  • holding that evidence that Zimbabwean government openly disapproved of homosexuality and espoused harsh anti-homosexual rhetoric did not compel a finding that alien had a well-founded fear of persecution if returned to Zimbabwe
  • finding that petitioner did not have well-founded fear of -12- future persecution when the government did not threaten or abuse him during his time in the country
  • declining to consider a petitioner’s “contentions that he was denied due process in the hearing before the [IJ], because he failed to present those issues in an appeal to the BIA”
  • “Actions by private parties are not attributable to the government, absent a showing that the harm is inflicted by persons that the government is unwilling or unable to control.”

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