The Ninth Circuit has rejected the proposed particular social group of “young Christian males who oppose gang membership.” In so doing, the court noted that “the evidence does not compel the conclusion that Honduran society would distinguish between a young Christian male who resists gang recruitment and any other young man who seeks to avoid gang membership.”

The full text of Santos-Ponce v. Wilkinson can be found here:

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2021/02/10/18-72433.pdf

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