Sara Kassa Kebede Michael Tesfaye Yigezu v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America

Sara Kassa Kebede entered the United States on an Ethiopian passport in July 2001 and applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) on behalf of herself and her son, Michael Tesfaye Yig-ezu. After an evidentiary hearing, the Immigration Judge (IJ) denied all relief, finding that Kebede’s testimony as to past persecution by the Ethiopian government was not credible and, even if credible, did not establish either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution if she and her son are removed to Ethiopia. The Board of Immigration…