Barrera

MEMORANDUM

Norberto Barrera and his family, natives and citizens of Colombia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence adverse credibility findings, Li v. Ashcroft, 378 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on the discrepancies between Barrera’s testimony and his sworn statement during the airport interview as to why he came to the United States and whether he suffered or feared harm in Colombia. See id. at 962-63 (discrepancy between testimony and sworn airport interview constituted substantial evidence where petitioner gave entirely different reasons for arrival in United States). Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on the omission from Barrera’s asylum application that the guerrillas forced him to remain face down on the ground…