“Peng Shen, a citizen of the Folks’s Republic of China, utilized for asylum, withholding of elimination, and aid underneath the Conference In opposition to Torture. An Immigration Decide (“IJ”) rejected her utility in an order that discovered her not to be a reputable witness, primarily based on her demeanor and inconsistencies in her testimony. On enchantment, the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) upheld the IJ’s order, and Shen then petitioned this courtroom for evaluation. As a result of we conclude that the company’s credibility dedication might have been affected by a misstatement of Chinese language regulation that was a centerpiece of the Authorities’s cross-examination of Shen at her elimination listening to, we grant Shen’s petition and remand for additional proceedings.”
[Hats off to Thomas Tarigo! NOTE: This PFR was filed in 2016! Listen to the oral argument here.]
