Immigration – Asylum; CAT

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U.S. Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit  

Civil

Immigration – Asylum; CAT

Where an asylum seeker indisputably committed perjury at some point in her claim, the claim was properly denied.

“After Keirkhavash filed her initial application for asylum, the MEK disavowed resort to violence. In September 2012 it was removed from the State Department’s list of terrorist organizations. If Keirkhavash had stuck to her original story (which the IJ believed), she might have received asylum. We cannot exclude the possibility that her first story was true and her recantation (and second asylum application) false. But whichever story—if either—is the truth, Keirkhavash’s confessed willingness to say whatever is necessary to obtain an immigration benefit has redounded to her detriment. The IJ and BIA have the support of substantial evidence in choosing to accept her recantation but disbelieve the replacement story.”

Petition Denied.

14-2063 Keirkhavash v. Holder

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Easterbrook, J.

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