Iqbal
Iqbal v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*655 MEMORANDUM **
Muhammad Iqbal, Tasneem Rukhsana, and Namiha Rukhsana, natives and citizens of Pakistan, petition for review of orders by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) upholding an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order of deportation and denial of applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) 1 . We review credibility findings of an IJ and the BIA under a substantial evidence standard. See Ramos-Vasquez v. INS, 57 F.3d 857, 861 (9th Cir.1995). We review the BIA’s denial of asylum under a substantial evidence standard. See Rivera-Moreno v. INS, 213 F.3d 481, 485 (9th Cir.2000). We deny the petitions for review.
Because Iqbal presented false documents, Tasneem Rukhsana made false statements to immigration officials, and Iqbal’s witnesses provided little corroboration and inconsistent testimony, all of which involve “the heart of the asylum claim,” substantial evidence supports the BIA’s adverse credibility finding and the BIA’s conclusion that Iqbal did not establish eligibility for asylum. See De Leon-Barrios v. INS, 116 F.3d 391 , 393-94 (9th Cir.1997). Because Iqbal failed to qualify for asylum, he “necessarily…