Paiz-Morales v. Lynch

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• concluding that proposed group of individuals opposed to gang membership lacked particularity because “[a] group consisting of all Guatemalan 4 A particular social group must be: “(1) composed of members who share a common immutable characteristic, (2
• concluding that proposed group of individuals opposed to gang membership lacked particularity because “[a] group consisting of all Guatemalan citizens who do not sport gang colors and tattoos is by definition too amorphous and overbroad to be particular”
• concluding that proposed group of individuals opposed to gang membership lacked particularity because “[a] group consisting of all Guatemalan citizens who do not sport gang colors and tattoos is by definition too amorphous and overbroad to be particular”
• rejecting a proposed social group, in part because petitioner offered no evidence of the existence of an otherwise broadly defined group, \aside from his own assertion\
• \A petitioner who cannot clear the lower hurdle for asylum will necessarily fail to meet the higher bar for withholding of removal.\
• \[A]rguments not raised before the BIA are waived due to a failure to exhaust administrative remedies.\ (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)

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