Professional Documents
Culture Documents
No. 10-1751
Submitted:
September 7, 2012
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Geimy Lorene Hilario-Molina (Hilario), a native and
citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of an order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) sustaining the Attorney
Generals
appeal,
vacating
the
immigration
judges
order,
denying her motions to dismiss, and finding that she did not
establish she was eligible for asylum or withholding of removal
based on her membership in a particular social group.
We deny
conclude
motions
to
that
dismiss
the
Boards
based
on
an
decision
untimely
denying
notice
of
challenge
speculation.
its
this
finding
is
based
in
part
on
discretion
dismissal.
to
in
denying
Hilarios
motion
for
summary
membership
in
particular
2
social
group,
or
political opinion.
Id.
(quoting 8 U.S.C.
and
legal
conclusions
are
reviewed
de
novo.
The
Id.
meet
three
criteria:
(1)
members
share
common,
Id., 629
(BIA 2008); In re AME & JGU, 24 I. & N. Dec. 69, 7476 (BIA
2007); Matter of Acosta, 19 I. & N. Dec. 211, 233 (BIA 1985),
overruled on other grounds by Matter of Mogharrabi, 19 I. & N.
Dec. 439 (BIA 1987)).
See Malonga v.
conclude
that
Hilario
did
not
3
establish
that
she
was
member
of
particular
social
group
with
common,
immutable
We further
also
factual
note
that
findings
conclusion
that
the
Board
that
did
not
supported
Hilario
was
improperly
the
member
of
review
immigration
a
the
judges
particular
social
group.
Because
Hilario
did
not
establish
membership
in
particular social group, the Board correctly found she was not
entitled to asylum or withholding of removal.
deny
the
petition
for
review.
We
also
Accordingly, we
deny
the
Attorney