for the mandatory rel e” is a valid ground for relief from deportation where compulsory military service would require the alien “to engage in inhuman conduct.” Ramos-Vasquez v. INS, 57 F.3d 857, 864 (9th Cir.1995). Indeed, the BIA recognizes conscientious objector status as an exception to the general rule that forced recruitment into the military is not persecution in “ ‘those rare cases ... where the alien would necessarily be required to engage in inhuman conduct as a result of military service required by the government.’ ” Barraza Rivera, 913 F.2d at 1451 (quoting In re A-G-, 19 Interim Dec. (“I & N Dec.”) 3040 (BIA 1987), aff'd sub nom. M.A. v. United States INS, 899 F.2d 304, 312 (4th Cir.1990) (en banc)); see also Gomez-Mejia v. INS, 56 F.3d 700, 703 & n. 1 (5th Cir.1995) (<HOLDING>). In Barraza Rivera, we explicitly held that
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