Mohammad Arif Shardar v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States

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• holding BIA did not err in determining that petitioner, who was “severely beaten,” was not tortured
• holding BIA did not err in determining that petitioner, who was “severely beaten,” was not tortured
• finding that “the evidence supports the conclusion that Shardar was not persecuted on account of his political opinion; rather, he was legitimately prosecuted for participation in a violent political demonstration”
• rejecting claimed social group of Salvadoran taxi cooperative because characteristics that defined taxi drivers are not immutable
• upholding IJ’s finding of no persecution where evidence indicated that detention of petitioner arose as a result of petitioner’s participation in an unlawful violent demonstration
• “Having concluded substantial evidence supports the BIA's denial of asylum, we conclude that withholding of removal was also properly denied.”

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