Ucelo-Gomez v. Mukasey

Petitioners Jose Godofredo Ucelo-Go-mez and Ana Mariela Espana-Espinoza (husband and wife), citizens of Guatemala, originally challenged a summary affir-mance by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) of the oral decision of an immigration judge (“IJ”) that (1) denied their applications for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) and their applications for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), and (2) directed their removal to Guatemala. Their asylum claim was premised on their membership in a social group composed of affluent…