Mejia v. U.S. Attorney General

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• holding that an asylum applicant must establish a USCA11 Case: 24-10543 Document: 15-1 Date Filed: 03/12/2025 Page: 6 of 7 6 Opinion of the Court 24-10543 “reasonable possibility” of persecution upon return, which is less than “more likely than not”
• concluding threats and attacks over an 18-month period that culminated in an attack at gunpoint constituted persecution
• stating that assessing past persecution requires a consideration of “the cumulative impact of the mistreatment the petitioners suffered”
• finding of persecution where petitioner was struck in the face with the butt of a rifle and suffered a broken nose
• concluding alien showed persecution where over an 18-month period, alien received numerous death threats and was assaulted with a rock, thrown out of a car, detained at gunpoint, smashed in the face with a rifle, and required surgery for a broken nose
• remanding for “a determination in the first instance” whether the mistreatment petitioner suffered was “on account of” a statutorily protected ground where the IJ and BIA each failed to reach the issue (quotation marks omitted)

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