Record contained sufficient evidence to support IJ’s denial of alien’s asylum petition on grounds that alien was not credible, even though alien claimed that he faced persecution for his political activism as member of youth wing of political opposition party in Kyrgyzstan. Record supported IJ’s and Bd.’s finding that alien was not credible with respect to certain important factual allegations regarding identify of individual who allegedly was member of different political party and who had allegedly detained and beaten alien on several occasions. Moreover, alien presented implausible story as to why said individual would travel 400 kilometers to persecute alien and proffered inconsistent testimony as to when he had joined his own political party. As such, IJ could deny application, even if said inconsistencies and implausible stories did not go to heart of asylum application.
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Immigration