Singh

MEMORANDUM *

Balwinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the determinations of an immigration judge (“IJ”) that Singh is ineligible for asylum because his application is time-barred, and is ineligible for asylum, withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), and withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) because he engaged in terrorist related activities. This court has jurisdiction to review the BIA’s denial of asylum and withholding of removal on terrorist grounds. See Khan v. Holder, 584 F.3d 773, 780-81 (9th Cir.2009). Revised Section 1252(a)(2)(D) of Chapter 8 of the United States Code restores our jurisdiction to determine the scope and meaning of the statutory terrorism bar, and to review the BIA’s determination that a petitioner engaged in terrorist activity. Id.

The BIA did not err in determining that Singh engaged in terrorist related activity by providing material support to a terrorist group. It was thus correct in concluding that Singh was statutorily barred from obtaining relief in the form of asylum, withholding of…