The following excerpt is from Gonzalez v. I.N.S., 82 F.3d 903 (9th Cir. 1996):
The remaining evidence must be considered to determine whether "a reasonable factfinder would have to conclude that the requisite fear of persecution existed." INS v. Elias Zacarias, 502 U.S. at 481, 112 S.Ct. at 815. We are bound by our established definition of "persecution" as involving the "infliction of suffering or harm":
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