Bojorques-Villanueva v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for review of a final order of deportation under the then applicable section 106(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) (1995). The specific issue is whether substantial evidence supports the Board of Immigration Appeals’ adverse finding of credibility, leading it to dismiss petitioner’s appeal from an Immigration Judge’s decision denying his request for asylum.

Petitioner, a 26-year-old citizen of El Salvador, was placed in deportation proceedings in May 1992, after entering the United States without inspection. He…