On Petition for Review from the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Nos. A 209 129 067; A 209 129 068; A 209 129 069; A 209 129 070.
Decided and Filed: March 4, 2024
Before: KETHLEDGE, BUSH, and READLER, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. A former restaurateur, Alma Reyes Galeana fled to
the United States after several run-ins with gangs in Guerrero, Mexico. Once on United States
soil, she sought asylum and withholding of removal. Reyes Galeana maintains that, as a
Mexican business owner, she was a member of a “particular social group” that should be
afforded relief from deportation under federal law. The Board of Immigration Appeals disagreed
and denied her application. Reyes Galeana then petitioned this Court for review of the Board’s
decision. Agreeing that “Mexican business owners” are not a particular social group, we deny
her petition. |