Mohamed Turay v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States

How courts have described this case

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• noting that to qualify for withholding of removal, the alien must show there is a “clear probability” that his life or freedom would be threatened because of one of the enumerated reasons, upon return to his home country
• applying the substantial evidence standard to the IJ’s motive determination, indicating that the determination is factual
• “[I]t is essential that the victim’s political opinion motivates the persecution.”
• withholding of removal standard is more rigorous than asylum standard
• withholding-of-removal standard is more rigorous than asylum standard
• withholding-of-removal standard is more rigorous than asylum standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).