Silvia Ayala v. Jefferson Sessions

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• concluding that the court has jurisdiction to review an IJ’s reasonable fear determination arising under the reinstatement of an expedited removal order
• holding that where a petitioner’s membership in particular social group of family is at least “a reason” for mistreatment, it is sufficient to meet the nexus requirement for withholding of removal
• holding that a petitioner who faced extortion for both economic reasons and because of membership in a family had established that membership in the family was \a reason\ for the persecution
• noting that extortion qualifies as past persecution only when the extortion is motivated by a protected ground
• noting that a motion to reopen may be granted only if the evidence presented is new, material, and newly available
• holding that threats and extortion could constitute persecution

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