Tarlok Bansal v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Tarlok Singh Bansal and his family, natives of India or the Philippines and citizens of India, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings. Martinez v. Holder, 557 F.3d 1059, 1060 (9th Cir.2009). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on Bansal and his wife’s admitted fraud and perjury in connection with prior applications for asylum, see Singh v. Holder, 6 38 F.3d 1264, 1272 (9th Cir.2011) (“[L]ies and fraudulent documents when they are no longer necessary for the immediate escape from persecution ... support an adverse [credibility] inference.”), and the agency reasonably rejected their explanation, see Rivera v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 1271, 1275 (9th Cir.2007). We reject petitioners’ contention that the agency improperly based the adverse credibility determination solely on their prior fraud and…