context: The agency also reasonably determined that Lin did not establish a well-founded fear of persecution based on his baptism and practice of Christianity in the United States because Lin testified that he was a relatively new practitioner and evidence in the record indicated that officials primarily targeted spiritual leaders.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 483 F.3d 332, 341
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that harm must be sufficiently severe and rise above "mere harassment"
citation_a.sentence: See Siewe v. Gonzales, 480 F.3d 160, 167 (2d Cir.2007) (“[wjhere there are two permissible views of the evidence, the fact finder’s choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous.”); Ivan-ishvili v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 483 F.3d 332, 341 (2d Cir.2006) (holding that harm must be sufficiently severe and rise above “mere harassment”); see also Fatin v. INS, 12 F.3d 1233, 1240 (3d Cir.1993) (“[P]ersecution does not encompass all treatment that our society regards as unfair, unjust, or even unlawful or unconstitutional.”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 12 F.3d 1233, 1240
citation_b.parenthetical: "[P]ersecution does not encompass all treatment that our society regards as unfair, unjust, or even unlawful or unconstitutional."
citation_b.sentence: See Siewe v. Gonzales, 480 F.3d 160, 167 (2d Cir.2007) (“[wjhere there are two permissible views of the evidence, the fact finder’s choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous.”); Ivan-ishvili v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 483 F.3d 332, 341 (2d Cir.2006) (holding that harm must be sufficiently severe and rise above “mere harassment”); see also Fatin v. INS, 12 F.3d 1233, 1240 (3d Cir.1993) (“[P]ersecution does not encompass all treatment that our society regards as unfair, unjust, or even unlawful or unconstitutional.”).