Amin v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

MEMORANDUM

Petitioner Emmaculate Anyi Amin (“Amin”) petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have juris diction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (b), and we deny Amin’s petition.

Here, the IJ gave specific, cogent reasons for disbelieving Amin’s testimony. See Shah v. INS, 220 F.3d 1062, 1067 (9th Cir.2000). At least two of the inconsistencies cited by the IJ go to the heart of Amin’s claim, see Li v. Ashcroft, 878 F.3d 959 , 964 (9th Cir.2004), and the IJ relied on these inconsistencies after confronting Amin about them and weighing Amin’s explanations, see Soto-Olarte v. Holder, 555 F.3d 1089, 1091-92 (9th Cir.2009). First, Amin testified at the hearing that her family had not had any problems with the Cameroonian government after Amin came to the United States. This testimony of Amin, however, was inconsistent with a letter from the Provincial Chairman of the Southern Cameroon National Council (“SCNC Letter”) that Amin included with her asylum application stating that…