context: Clavel-Ramirez alleges past harm and fears future extortion and harm by gang members in El Salvador if returned. Substantial evidence supports the IJ's conclusion that Clavel-Ramirez failed to establish a reasonable possibility of future persecution in El Salvador on account of a protected ground.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: "A person seeking withholding of removal must prove not only that his life or freedom will be threatened in his home country, but also that the threat is 'because of one of the five [protected grounds]."
citation_a.sentence: See Barajas-Romero v. Lynch, 846 F.3d 351, (9th Cir. 2017) (“A person seeking withholding of removal must prove not only that his life or freedom will be threatened in his home country, but also that the threat is ‘because of one of the five [protected grounds].”); see also Reyes v. Lynch, 842 F.3d 1125, 1131 (9th Cir. 2016) (to demonstrate membership in a particular group, “[t]he applicant must establish that the group is (1) composed of members who share a common immutable characteristic, (2) defined with particularity, and (3) socially distinct within the society in question.”) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 842 F.3d 1125, 1131
citation_b.parenthetical: to demonstrate membership in a particular group, "[t]he applicant must establish that the group is (1) composed of members who share a common immutable characteristic, (2) defined with particularity, and (3) socially distinct within the society in question."
citation_b.sentence: See Barajas-Romero v. Lynch, 846 F.3d 351, (9th Cir. 2017) (“A person seeking withholding of removal must prove not only that his life or freedom will be threatened in his home country, but also that the threat is ‘because of one of the five [protected grounds].”); see also Reyes v. Lynch, 842 F.3d 1125, 1131 (9th Cir. 2016) (to demonstrate membership in a particular group, “[t]he applicant must establish that the group is (1) composed of members who share a common immutable characteristic, (2) defined with particularity, and (3) socially distinct within the society in question.”) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).