Wei Chen v. U.S. Attorney General

Wei Chen, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) order affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158, 1231(b)(3), as amended by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), Pub.L. No. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (1996) (amended by the REAL ID Act of 2005, Pub.L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302 (2005)). 1 After review, we deny Chen’s petition.

I. BACKGROUND

Chen, a native and citizen of…