The following excerpt is from Veras-Hernandez v. Sessions, 16-3850 NAC (2nd Cir. 2018):
the Dominican Republic than any other person who defaults on a payment to a creditor who lends at very high rates. See Ucelo-Gomez v. Mukasey, 509 F.3d 70, 73 (2d Cir. 2007) ("When the harm visited upon members of a group is attributable to the incentives presented to ordinary criminals rather than to persecution, the scales are tipped away from considering those people a 'particular social group . . . .'").
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