Rafael Barreto-Claro v. The U.S. Attorney General

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• holding that a petitioner was not persecuted when she faced employment discrimination, lost her job, and was forced to take menial work
• holding that prosecution for violating Cuba's travel laws was not persecution
• observing that the term “frivolous” generally means “insignificant, trivial, silly or gay” (quoting Webster, New International Dictionary (3d ed. 1961))
• holding that employment discrimination that stops short of depriving an individual of a means of earning a living, such as losing a desired job and being forced to take menial work instead, does not constitute persecution
• holding that prosecution for violating Cuba’s travel laws was not persecution
• explaining that although the petitioner fled Cuba illegally because of his “anti-Castro political opinion,” his fear of future persecution derives from his illegal exit, and “[p]rosecution for violating Cuba’s travel laws is not persecution”

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