Vladimir Oliva v. Loretta Lynch

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the BIA drew \too fine a distinction\ between the \immediate trigger\ for persecution-breaking the rules imposed on former gang members-and what ultimately led to persecution-protected status as a former gang member
• noting that both asylum and withholding of removal claims rely on the same factual basis
• noting that alien must show that a protected ground is a central reason for the persecution
• noting that the Board drew “too fine” a distinction regarding the nexus requirement
• noting applicant bears burden of showing past or feared persecution is on account of protected ground
• “Because the BIA order here fails to show that the agency adequately considered the issue, we remand.”

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