Kaur

MEMORANDUM **

Jaswinder Kaur and her two minor sons, Kuldip Singh and Sarapjid Singh, natives and citizens of India, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order dismissing their appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Our jurisdiction is governed by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review adverse credibility findings for substantial evidence, Chebchoub v. INS, 257 F.3d 1038, 1042 (9th Cir.2001), and we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the agency’s adverse credibility determination, see id. at 1043 , and Kaur’s opening brief fails to challenge the specific grounds for finding her not credible, see Martinez-Serrano v. INS, 94 F.3d 1256, 1259-60 (9th Cir. 1996) (holding issues which are not specifically raised and argued in a party’s opening brief are waived). After Kaur twice unequivocally testified that she joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (“SAD”), a Sikh political party, on September 26, 1995, she then testified that she actually joined the party at some unspecified time either…