Ming Shi Xue v. Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. Department of Justice

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• holding that \an IJ may not rest an adverse credibility finding on non-dramatic putative contradictions or incongruities in an alien's narrative without first giving the applicant a chance to reconcile the testimony\
• holding that “an IJ may not rest an adverse credibility finding on non-dramatic putative contradictions or incongruities in an alien’s narrative without first giving the applicant a chance to rec oncile the testimony”
• explaining that where inconsistencies “are not plainly obvious,” the agency may not rely on them without first “identifying the alleged inconsistencies for 4 the applicant and giving the applicant an opportunity to address them”
• construing Majidi to place burden on alien to explain contradictions clear on their face, but holding that IJ should afford alien opportunity to reconcile contradictions that are not “self-evident”
• “[A]n IJ may not rest an adverse credibility finding on non-dramatic putative contradictions or incongruities in an alien’s narrative without first giving the applicant a chance to reconcile the testimony.”
• “[B]ecause the alleged 4 inconsistency certainly is not self-evident, the IJ (or the 5 INS) should have brought it to the alien’s attention to ensure 6 that [petitioner] had an opportunity to explain why the 7 profile did not undercut his account.”

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