Granada-Rubio v. Lynch

Elena Granada-Rubio 1 and two of her sons, Gerson Elias Mejia-Granados and a minor, all natives and citizens of El Salvador, petition for review of a May 29, 2015, order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). The BIA order affirmed an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision to deny Granada-Rubio’s asylum application, of which her sons were derivative beneficiaries, as well as her requests for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We deny the petition.

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Granada-Rubio, Mejia-Granados, and C.M.M.G. illegally entered the United States, as admitted in…