MEMORANDUM **
William Obdulio Martinez-Perdomo, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of a final order of deportation entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) on September 11, 2000. The facts and prior proceedings are known to the parties; they are not restated herein except as necessary.
The BIA dismissed Martinez-Perdomo’s appeal from an order of an Immigration Judge denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation on the ground that he failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of his political opinion.
There is no evidence that Martinez-Perdomo’s grandmother and aunt’s employment as laundresses for the Salvadoran military caused the guerillas to impute a political opinion to him. Nor is there any evidence that the guerillas ever harmed or threatened Martinez-Perdomo or his family. The guerillas’ mere questioning of Martinez-Perdomo’s grandmother does not rise to the level of persecution. Khourassany v. INS, 208 F.3d 1096, 1100-01 (9th Cir.2000) (detention and questioning by police does not constitute persecution). Indeed, at his hearing before the Immigration Judge, Martinez-Perdomo testified that his grandmother continued to reside openly and unharmed in San Miguel. Thus, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s conclusion that Martinez-Perdomo’s fear of future persecution lacks an objective basis. See Pedro-Mateo v. INS, 224 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.2000) (requiring, under the substantial evidence standard, affirmance of the BIA unless the evidence compels reversal); Aruta v. INS,
Because Martinez-Perdomo has not established eligibility for asylum, he necessarily fails to establish eligibility for withholding of deportation. Pedro-Mateo, 224 F.3d at 1150.
PETITION DENIED.
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