The following excerpt is from Quinones v. Holder, Agency No. A095-193-464, Agency No. A095-193-465, No. 07-72206 (9th Cir. 2010):
Because petitioners did not establish eligibility for asylum, it necessarily follows they failed to satisfy the more stringent standard for withholding of removal. See Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 340 (9th Cir. 1995).
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