Ling Ling Wu v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM **

Petitioner Ling Ling Wu seeks review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the decision of the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying her petition for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. 1 The parties are familiar with the facts and we do not repeat them here.

I

The IJ denied asylum on the basis of an adverse credibility determination and this determination is supported by substantial evidence. The IJ partially based this determination on numerous conflicts within Wu’s testimony and conflicts between her testimony and statements made to immigration officers when she arrived in *616 the United States. These inconsistencies are borne out in the record and go to the heart of the claim. For example, Wu testified she fled police in April 2001 and stayed with her cousin for approximately six weeks before traveling to the United States; she also testified, however, that she arrived in the United States in September 2001. When questioned, she was unable to account for the lost time. Additionally, Wu claimed in her asylum application that she and Chen met and married in China; yet several months after…