Abdeen v. Attorney General of the United States

OPINION

Izzadeen Shiabdeen Jainul Abdeen (“Abdeen”) petitions for review of a final removal order entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). For the reasons that follow, we will deny the petition for review.

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Abdeen, presently age fifty-two, is a native and citizen of Sri Lanka who entered the United States in 2007 on a non-immigrant visitor visa and overstayed. He submitted an application for asylum, which was referred to an Immigration Judge (“IJ”). Abdeen conceded before the IJ that he is removable as charged for overstaying his visa, and he pursued asylum, withholding of removal,…