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ANA SANCHEZ SEBASTIAN-SEBASTIAN; MAGDALENA SEBASTIAN-SEBASTIAN,
Petitioners,
v.
MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General,
Respondent.
   No. 23-3059
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Nos. A 209 004 119; A 209 004 121.
Decided and Filed: December 8, 2023
Before: MOORE, McKEAGUE, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.


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OPINION
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KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Petitioner Ana Sanchez Sebastian-Sebastian petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act as well as protection under the Convention Against Torture. She also challenges the Board’s decision under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. In its denial of asylum and withholding of removal under the INA, the Board found that Sebastian-Sebastian failed to demonstrate a nexus between her particular social groups and the harm she faced. In its denial of CAT protection, the Board found that Sebastian-Sebastian failed to demonstrate that she is more likely than not to be tortured if removed to Guatemala. On appeal, Sebastian-Sebastian argues that the Board’s conclusions were not supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole. Because the Board’s failure to make necessary findings as to the asylum and withholding of removal claims is erroneous, but its conclusion as to Sebastian-Sebastian’s CAT claim is supported by substantial evidence, we GRANT Sebastian-Sebastian’s petition for review in part, DENY in part, VACATE the Board’s denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal, and REMAND to the Board for reconsideration consistent with our opinion.