Junshao Zhang v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America, and Department of Homeland Security, 1

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Junshao Zhang, a native of the People’s Republic of China, arrived in the United States at New York’s JFK airport in January 1995, at which time he was placed in exclusion proceedings. The government alleged that Zhang lacked a valid passport, visa or border-crossing card in violation of §§ 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I), (B)(i)(I), and (B)(i)(II) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), and that he presented a fraudulent passport to seek to gain entry into the United States in violation of INA § 212(a)(6)(C)(I). Zhang sought political asylum and withholding of…