Aragaw

MEMORANDUM **

Tesfaye Moges Aragaw (“Petitioner”), a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming in part the decision of the Immigration Judge (“IJ”). The IJ found that Petitioner was not credible and therefore denied his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The IJ further found that Petitioner had submitted a frivolous asylum application on the basis of an allegedly fraudulent document and accordingly denied Petitioner voluntary departure. The IJ ordered Petitioner removed to Ethiopia. The BIA dismissed the appeal with respect to the merits of Petitioner’s application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the CAT, but disagreed with the IJ’s finding that Petitioner knowingly filed a frivolous asylum application. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and we deny the petition.

The adverse credibility finding was based not only on the allegedly fraudulent identification card from the All Amhara People’s Organization, but also on Petitioner’s attempts to explain the identification card, including the apparently…