P-A-C

Citations

• 29 I. & N. Dec. 708

Syllabus

The fact that a respondent is granted withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act is an important consideration in whether the respondent may be denied asylum as a matter of discretion based on a weighing of the favorable and adverse factors, considering the mitigating impact a grant of withholding of removal has on the risk of future persecution. Matter of Kasinga, 21 I&N Dec. 357, 367 (BIA 1996); and Matter of H-, 21 I&N Dec. 337, 347 (BIA 1996), distinguished.