Urias-Orellana v. Bondi · ¶32

We then went on to apply the substantial-evidence standard to the entirety of the agency's persecution determination—including its conclusion that Elias-Zacarias's testimony did not satisfy the legal standard for persecution. We explained that Elias-Zacarias had failed to establish a “wellfounded fear” that the guerillas would “persecute him be cause of ” his political opinion “with the degree of clarity necessary to permit reversal of a BIA finding to the contrary.” 502 U. S., at 483 (internal quotation marks omitted). In other words, even accepting his allegations as true, they were not “so compelling that no reasonable factfnder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution.” Id., at 484.

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