Jianzhong Zhang v. Holder

ORDER

Jianzhong Zhang, a native and citizen of China, entered the United States as a non-immigrant visitor in 1998. He overstayed his visa, and in 2005 the Department of Homeland Security charged him as a removable alien. Zhang applied for relief from removal based on a claim of political persecution, but, after finding that Zhang-had not testified credibly in removal proceedings, an Immigration Judge ordered him removed. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed. Because the IJ’s credibility determination was supported by substantial evidence, we deny Zhang’s petition for review.

In March 1998…