Legal Opinion
Y-B
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1998No. ID 3337PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3337 In re Y-B-, Respondent Decided February 19, 1998 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) An asylum applicant does not meet his or her burden of proof by general and meager testimony. (2) Specific, detailed, and credible testimony or a combination of detailed testimony and cor- roborative background evidence is necessary to prove a case for asylum. (3) The weaker an applicant’s testimony, the greater the need for corrobative evidence. FOR THE RESPONDENT: Robert J. Sidi, Esquire, New York, New York BEFORE: Board…
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