Heng Chhun v. Holder

MEMORANDUM *

Heng Chhun petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision adopting, supplementing, and affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Chhun’s request for asylum, withholding of removal, and deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The IJ found that Chhun was ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal because she had engaged in terrorist activity through her membership in and work on behalf of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters (“CFF”), and, alternatively, that she was ineligible for either form of relief because she could not show a well-founded fear of persecution or a likelihood of being persecuted on account of a protected ground. The IJ also found that Chhun was ineligible for relief under the CAT because she had not shown that it was more likely than not that she would be tortured upon her return to Cambodia. *311 The BIA affirmed the IJ, supplementing the IJ’s discussion of Chhun’s terrorist activity. Chhun petitions for review of the BIA’s determinations on each issue. We deny her petition.

We have jurisdiction to review the BIA’s determination that Chhun is ineligible for asylum because she engaged…