Suong

MEMORANDUM

Mealdey Suong, a native and citizen of Cambodia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) summary affirmance of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Where the BIA affirms the IJ’s decision without issuing an opinion, we review the IJ’s decision. Lanza v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 917, 924 (9th Cir.2004). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review the IJ’s adverse credibility findings for substantial evidence and may reverse only if the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. I.N.S. v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). We affirm.

The IJ denied Suong’s applications for asylum and withholding of removal, finding that she failed to testify credibly in support of her claims. Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. The IJ found that petitioner stated in her declaration that the Cambodian People’s Party (“CPF’) threatened to kill her at her workplace, but she did not mention this death threat during her testimony before the IJ. The IJ also found that…