Keshishian

MEMORANDUM *

1. Keshishian’s removal order is final and thus reviewable. See 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Even though the immigration judge granted relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), CAT relief does not prevent execution of a removal order; it only bars removal to the country from which removal has been withheld or deferred. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.16 (f). Further, Keshishian’s removal order became final “[u]pon dismissal of an appeal by the Board of Immigration Appeals.” 8 C.F.R. § 1241.1 (a). We thus have jurisdiction to review her petition.

2. The immigration judge correctly found petitioner to be “vague and unresponsive” as to two issues that went to the heart of her claim. First, Keshishian did not provide adequate details about the weapons being produced — at one point claiming that the weapons were bombs when she had previously testified they were guns. When asked to resolve this inconsistency, she was unresponsive. Second, Keshishian gave inconsistent testimony about why the government detained her. She first testified that she told her interrogators she was unwilling to work in the factory for health reasons. When asked if the interrogators said she would be killed…