Rivera v. Lynch

Record contained sufficient evidence to support IJ’s denial of alien’s applications for asylum and withholding of removal relief, even though alien claimed that he had fear of future persecution if forced to return to El Salvador because certain gangs would kidnap or extort him due to their perception that as long-term resident in U.S. he had money to satisfy their demands. Alien conceded that no one in El Salvador had ever threatened him or his family and denied that he had any fear that he would be harmed by El Salvador govt. itself. As such, alien failed to show that he was likely target of violence so as to support his applications for relief.