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2. Quinteros v. Attorney General of the United States

Quinteros v. Attorney General of the United States

Standard of review: Generally, an agency is required to consider 'all evidence relevant to the possibility of future torture,' but 'the IJ and BIA need not discuss every piece of evidence mentioned by an asylum applicant. Although it is usually sufficient to say, as the IJ did here, that '[a]ll evidence and testimony has been considered, even if not specifically addressed in the decision below,' the agency 'may not ignore evidence favorable to the alien.' And '[i]f [evidence] is to be disregarded, we need to know why.'