Kaur
Kaur v. Gonzales
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*298 MEMORANDUM **
Jatinder Kaur (“Kaur”), a Sikh from the Punjab region of India, petitions for review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).
We review the record to see if substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding of petitioner’s adverse credibility based on his determination that petitioner had not “provided sufficient evidence to establish her identity on this record.” We can reverse only if petitioner proves the evidence compels a contrary conclusion. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 & n. 1, 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992) (noting that “[t]o reverse the BIA finding we must find that the evidence not only supports that conclusion, but compels it”); see also Don v. Gonzales, 476 F.3d 738, 741 (9th Cir.2007). Because the BIA adopted the IJ’s adverse credibility findings, we review the IJ’s findings under the same standard. Id. We find that the discrepancies regarding petitioner’s passport and her journey into the United States provide substantial evidence to support the…