Noemi GARROVILLAS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent

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• holding that 3 'inconsistencies of less than substantial importance for which a plausible explanation is offered' cannot serve as the basis for an adverse credibility finding
• holding that “inconsistencies of less than substantial importance for which a plausible explanation is offered” cannot serve as the sole basis for a negative credibility finding
• explaining that generalized statements that do not identify specific examples of contradiction in the petitioner’s testimony prevent the court from conducting a proper review
• finding persecution where petitioner received two letters with black ribbons and “[m]any people . . . who had received similar letters containing black ribbons had subsequently been killed by the [New People’s Army].”
• reversing an IJ’s adverse credibility determination when petitioner’s testimony showed a desire to correct former misrepresentations
• requiring the BIA to consider the petitioner's explanation that inconsistencies between his asylum application and his testimony were due to the fact that 'his 2 former attorney prepared [the application] and that [the petitioner] had signed it without reading it'

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