Kalulu

I. BACKGROUND

Kalulu is a native of Zambia who identifies as a lesbian. Homosexual activity is illegal in Zambia, and Kalulu says she began to experience persecution on account of her sexual orientation after brothers of her girlfriend discovered their relationship in 2019. She recounts two episodes when those brothers attacked her in her hometown, and then another episode when they harried her from a restaurant in Zambia’s capital city after she fled there. Shortly after the last alleged attack, Kalulu entered the United States on a tourist visa to attend a world scouting jamboree in West Virginia with her Zambian girl scout

1 Some facts provided in this section are based on parts of Kalulu’s testimony the IJ found not to be credible. The court presents them here only as background and does not rely on those facts in its analysis.

KALULU V. GARLAND

troop. Her visa permitted her to remain in the United States for up to six months at a time, renewable for up to three years, and Kalulu chose to reside in California with her naturalized aunt for approximately five months after the jamboree ended. She then took an extended weekend trip to Mexico so that…