Jian Zhong Wang v. Gonzales

MEMORANDUM *

Petitioner Jian Zhong Wang seeks review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which affirmed a removal order issued by Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Miriam Hayward. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1), and we deny the petition for review.

Wang, a native and citizen of China, seeks asylum under § 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (b)(1), based on alleged persecution he suffered on account of his father’s practice of Falun Gong. During removal proceedings, Wang testified that he was assaulted and threatened with death and imprisonment during a confrontation between the police and his parents at his parents’ home. The IJ found that Wang failed to testify credibly that he experienced past persecution or had a well-founded fear of future persecution. The IJ further found that, even accepting Wang’s testimony as true, he failed to establish fear of future persecution based on one of the five protected grounds. For those reasons, the IJ denied Wang’s application for asylum and issued an order of removal. The BIA affirmed the order of removal and agreed with the IJ’s adverse credibility…