Ben Jian Chen v. U.S. Attorney General

Ben Jian Chen, a Chinese citizen, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) that affirmed an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Mr. Chen argues only that he properly established a well-founded fear of persecution on account of his practice of Falun Gong, which he began after he came to the United States. After careful consideration of the briefs and the record, we deny the petition.

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In 1993, Mr. Chen entered the United States from China and then…