Immigration — asylum

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

Civil

Immigration — asylum

Where an asylum seeker was warned that lie on his immigration asylum would result in permanent ineligibility for immigration benefits, he was properly placed in removal proceedings.

“Even so, Albu had an interpreter with him at his asylum interview, and the interpreter represented to the government that he translated the warnings. Albu now tries to raise doubts about the honesty of the interpreter’s representation; he suggests that the interpreter had an incentive to keep Albu in the dark and lie to the government, in order to prevent Albu from revealing that the application was deceitful and thus exposing the Sekhon ring’s scheme. But the question whether the warnings were translated is one of fact that the IJ was entitled to resolve. He did so by finding that the translation took place, and that finding is supported by substantial evidence in the record. The documentary evidence indicated that the warnings were translated; Albu testified only that he could not recall whether this was the case, not that they definitively were not. At any rate, the IJ made a finding that Albu was not credible, and this finding is well within the realm of reason.”

Petition Denied.

13-2864 Albu v. Holder

On Petition for Review of a Final Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Wood, J.