Legal Opinion
Ortiz-Araniba v. Keisler
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 11, 2007No. 06-2650PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner, Ana Lilia Ortiz-Araniba (“Ortiz”), a native and citizen of El Salvador, seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal. She claims that the BIA erred in finding that she was not a member of a well-defined social group for asylum eligibility purposes and in finding that the government of El Salvador was willing and able to control her potential persecutors. Because we find that the latter determination is supported by substantial…
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