USCA11 Case: 21-13115 Date Filed: 07/07/2022 Page: 1 of 6 [DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-13115 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ MARIA LETICIA GONZALEZ-ALONZO, NORMAN MIGUEL FLORES-GONZALEZ, JORGE LUIS FLORES-GONZALEZ, ARIEL SAID FLORES-GONZALEZ, Petitioners, versus U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent. USCA11 Case: 21-13115 Date Filed: 07/07/2022 Page: 2 of 6 2 Opinion of the Court 21-13115 ____________________ Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals Agency No. A202-027-102 ____________________ Before JORDAN, NEWSOM, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Maria Gonzalez-Alonzo and her three children, Norman, Jorge, and Ariel (“Petitioners”), petition for review of the order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying Petitioners’ claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.1 No reversible error has been shown; we deny the petition. Petitioners, natives and citizens of Honduras, entered the United States in June 2014, without admission or inspection. Peti- tioners were charged as removable and later conceded removabil- ity. In September 2016, Petitioners applied for asylum, for with- holding of removal, and for relief under the Convention Against 1 In the same order, the BIA also affirmed the Immigration Judge’s decision denying Petitioners’ applications for asylum, for withholding of removal, and for relief under the Convention Against Torture. On appeal, Petitioners aban- don expressly any challenge to the IJ’s and the BIA’s merits-based denial of their applications for relief. USCA11 Case: 21-13115 Date Filed: 07/07/2022 Page: 3 of 6 21-13115 Opinion of the Court 3 Torture (“CAT”). 2 Petitioners sought relief based on membership in a particular social group identified as “Honduran mother of mil- lennial boys” or “Honduran mother of millennial boys who have been solicited for recruitment by criminal organizations.” Briefly stated, Petitioners sought relief based on their fear of future persecution by gang members who wanted to recruit Ma- ria’s two teenaged sons, Norman and Jorge. At the removal hear- ing, Maria testified that the gang tried to recruit Norman and Jorge to deliver packages of drugs. Norman then testified that he and Jorge were targeted by gang members because -- as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saintes -- he and his brother dressed nicely and would not be stopped by the police. At the end of the hearing, Petitioners’ lawyer moved to amend the asylum ap- plications filed by Norman and by Jorge to include “religion” as a basis for persecution. The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) granted the motion. The IJ denied Petitioners’ applications for relief. The IJ found no nexus between Petitioners’ mistreatment by gang mem- bers and a protected ground. The IJ explained that the gang mem- bers wanted to recruit Norman and Jorge to enhance their ranks and to further the gang’s criminal enterprise. That Norman and 2 The September 2016 application listed Maria as the lead petitioner and listed Norman, Jorge, and Ariel as riders. Norman, Jorge, and Ariel later filed their own individual applications for asylum, for withholding of removal, and for CAT relief. USCA11 Case: 21-13115 …
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