context: Although (accepting Petitioner's testimony as true) Punjabi police came to his house shortly before he left the country in 1999, they did not harm or threaten Petitioner in any way; he merely speculated vaguely about--but did not know--the reason for their single, uneventful visit. Additionally, the State Department Country Reports for 1996 through 2000 show that the situation of Sikhs, even in the Punjab province, had improved considerably.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 336 F.3d 995, 999
citation_a.parenthetical: finding a country report relevant to determining the reasonableness of internal relocation
citation_a.sentence: See Molinctr-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1096 (9th Cir.2002) (stating that such reports are relevant even in the face-of a presumption of future persecution); see also Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 999 (9th Cir.2003) (finding a country report relevant to determining the reasonableness of internal relocation).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 293 F.3d 1089, 1096
citation_b.parenthetical: stating that such reports are relevant even in the face-of a presumption of future persecution
citation_b.sentence: See Molinctr-Estrada v. INS, 293 F.3d 1089, 1096 (9th Cir.2002) (stating that such reports are relevant even in the face-of a presumption of future persecution); see also Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft, 336 F.3d 995, 999 (9th Cir.2003) (finding a country report relevant to determining the reasonableness of internal relocation).