Zhenlian Liu Jing Zhong Tie v. Eric Holder, Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Zhenlian Liu and derivatively her husband, Jing Zhong Tie, both natives and citizens of the People’s Republic of China, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Liu’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s determination incorporating the IJ’s findings that Liu should be denied relief based upon an adverse credibility determination. Liu failed to mention in her asylum application that her work threatened to punish her if she became pregnant for a third time, or that her work dismissed her after having had another child (or, alternatively, that she quit due to harsh work conditions). Liu claimed to have had no knowledge of her husband’s religious beliefs or activities, despite thirty years of marriage and despite religious persecution serving as the sole basis for her husband’s earlier asylum application. She was non-responsive and evasive in responding to questions about how she planned to keep her…