Liu Jin Lin v. Holder

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

On March 25, 2011, an immigration judge (IJ) granted petitioner Liu Jin Lin’s application for asylum as to certain grounds and denied it as to other grounds. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Lin both appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). On September 27, 2012, the BIA sustained DHS’s appeal and vacated the IJ’s grant of asylum, and affirmed the IJ’s rejection of Lin’s other grounds. Lin timely petitions for review of the BIA’s decision on limited grounds. We deny the petition.

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A. Lin’s Placement in Removal Proceedings and Application for Asylum,…