Chai Choe Tjoe v. U.S. Attorney General

Chai Tjoe, a native and citizen of Indonesia, entered the United States on a nonimmigrant F-l visa on January 8, 2000. In 2002, she filed an application seeking asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT) based on her race (Chinese) and religion (Christian). She asserted that Chinese Christians in Indonesia are discriminated against. In 2009, the Department of Homeland Security charged her as removable for failing to comply with the conditions of the nonimmi-grant status under which she was admitted. Tjoe conceded removability, but she…