Rajinder Singh v. Loretta E. Lynch

MEMORANDUM

Rajinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal of an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

Substantial evidence supports the BIA’s affirmance of the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. See 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (b)(l)(B)(iii). The BIA identified three specific instances in which Singh testified inconsistently: (1) how the police knew that Singh and his relatives were Shromani Akali Dal Mann members; (2) how often the police visited Singh’s home after his arrests; and (3) whether or not police arrested his brother prior to 2006. The BIA also concluded that Singh’s two witnesses failed to rehabilitate his inconsistent testimony. The testimony of one witness was inconsistent with Singh’s testimony, and the other witness disavowed his own prior written statement.

Substantial evidence also supports the BIA’s affirmance of the IJ’s alternative determination that, even assuming Singh provided credible testimony demonstrating past persecution, the Department of Homeland Security…