is asylum. The Act provides that the Attorney General has the discretion to grant asylum to an alien if the Attorney General determines that the alien meets the statutory definition of “refugee.” 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a). A refugee is defined by the Act as an alien who resists return to his homeland “because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.” 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42). An alien seeking the mandatory withholding of deportation remedy must meet his evidentiary burden with an objective showing “that it is more likely than not” that he will be persecuted upon return to his native country. I.N.S. v. Stevic, 467 U.S. 407, 429-30, 104 S.Ct. 2489, 2501, 81 L.Ed.2d 321 (1984) (<HOLDING>). In contrast, the discretionary remedy of
holding that the clear probability standard applies in withholding of deportation actions holding that the clear probability standard for withholding of removal is higher than the standard for asylum which requires only a reasonable possibility of persecution holding that the asylum standard for past persecution or wellfounded fear of future persecution is lower than the clear probability standard to show eligibility for withholding of removal holding that res judicata applies in deportation proceedings holding that the standard for withholding of removal is more demanding than the standard for asylum