Dalwar Hunjan v. Eric H. Holder Jr.

Dalwar Singh Hunjan and Daljit Kaur Hunjan, natives and citizens of India, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence the agency’s factual findings, including adverse credibility determinations, and we review de novo questions of law. Rivera v. Mukasey, 508 F.3d 1271, 1274-75 (9th Cir.2007). We deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination because Hunjan’s asylum application omitted his participation in a political meeting on the day of his arrest in 2003, see Kin v. Holder, 595 F.3d 1050, 1056-57 (9th Cir. 2010) (participation in political demonstration omitted), and the agency reasonably rejected his explanation for the omission, see Zamanov v. Holder, 649 F.3d 969, 974 (9th Cir.2011). Further, substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination based on the IJ’s negative assessment of Hunjan’s…