NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION File Name: 19a0533n.06 No. 19-3072 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Oct 17, 2019 IDRISSA COMPAORE, ) DEBORAH S. HUNT, Clerk ) Petitioner, ) ) ON PETITION FOR REVIEW v. ) FROM THE UNITED STATES ) BOARD OF IMMIGRATION WILLIAM P. BARR, Attorney General, ) APPEALS ) Respondent. ) BEFORE: GUY, BUSH, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. Idrissa Compaore1 petitions this court for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing his appeal from the denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).2 As set forth below, we DENY Compaore’s petition for review. Compaore, a native of Côte d’Ivoire and a citizen of Burkina Faso, entered the United States with a B-2 tourist visa in December 2014. Compaore remained in the United States beyond the period authorized by his visa and then filed an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the CAT. In his written application and supporting documents, he asserted that he had experienced persecution and torture in Burkina Faso, and feared persecution and torture if he returned, on account of his own political activities and his family’s political ties to the former 1 We refer to Idrissa Compaore as “Compaore” and the former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, as “President Compaore.” 2 See 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) (asylum); 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3) (withholding of removal); 8 C.F.R. § 1208, 16-18 (CAT protection). No. 19-3072, Compaore v. Barr president’s regime. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) referred Compaore’s application to the immigration court and served him with a notice to appear in removal proceedings, charging him with removability as a nonimmigrant who remained in the United States for a time longer than permitted. See 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(B). Compaore appeared before an immigration judge (IJ), where he conceded removability as charged and filed an amended application. At the merits hearing, Compaore testified that he was an active member of the National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD) and opposed the longtime president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, and his party, the Congress for Democracy and Progress (CDP). In June 2011, Compaore was arrested, beaten, and detained for three days after he spoke out about a corrupt mayor, who was part of the CDP. In December 2011, Compaore attended a national convention on political reform, during which he spoke against an article of the Burkina Fasoconstitution that allowed President Compaore to serve another term. A few days after the conference, individuals followed Compaore’s motorcycle, and he had an accident. Compaore testified that he later learned that the people following him were trying to kill him. Compaore testified that his father and uncle were also active members of the UNDD, but they left the party and joined the CDP in 2012. Compaore remained loyal to the UNDD. In 2013, individuals stopped Compaore and his younger brother on their way home, and Compaore was beaten ...
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