People v. Gaffin

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• concluding that document drafted by interested witness not subject to cross examination was entitled to little weight
• holding that unsigned, unauthenticated documents, from a “Street Resident Committee” and “Villager Committee,” that fail to identify the authors, are entitled to minimal weight
• holding that unsigned and unauthenticated letter from a village committee was entitled to minimal weight
• holding that “letters from relatives and friends 7 . . . do not provide substantial support” for claim of future 8 persecution because “authors of the letters are interested 9 witnesses who were not subject to cross-examination”
• concluding that State Department reports on country conditions are highly probative evidence and usually the best source of information on conditions in foreign nations, and finding that the report outweighed particularized evidence on country conditions submitted by respondent
• reasoning that applicant who failed to show fear of persecution necessarily had not shown a threat to life or freedom

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