Yingying Lou v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Yingying Lou, a native and citizen of the People’s Republic of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying Lou’s applications for asylum and withholding of removal and for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Where the BIA adopts the IJ’s decision while adding its own reasons, we review both decisions. Katana v. INS, 232 F.3d 1107, 1112 (9th Cir.2000). We review the agency’s factual findings for substantial evidence, reversing such findings only if “the evidence not only supports that conclusion, but compels it.” INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992) (emphasis in original); 8 *704 U.S.C. § 1252 (b)(4)(B). We deny the petition for review.

Lou testified that a stranger gave her a newspaper critical of the Chinese government’s treatment of Falun Gong proponents when Lou was at San Francisco International Airport in December of 2001. Lou testified that she brought the newspaper to China and passed it on to a friend who practiced Falun Gong and who was later arrested. Lou…