By: dmc-admin//May 31, 2010//
Immigration
Asylum
Where an asylum applicant gave testimony inconsistent with her statements to the immigration officers at the airport, the IJ reasonably found the testimony to be not credible.
"In this case, we find that the IJ's credibility determination is supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole. The IJ relied on three reasons in entering an adverse credibility determination: (1) new factual assertions raised during the petitioners' testimony before the IJ that were not raised to the immigration officers at the airport; (2) the petitioners' testimony before the IJ concerning Ferrick's participation in the Democratic Party was inconsistent with the documentary evidence; and (3) Natasha's oral testimony concerning her hospitalization and the hospitalization of Ledia was inconsistent with the documentary evidence."
Petition Denied.
09-2156 Rama v. Holder
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Agency, Springmann, J.