Rita Carrion Garcia v. Eric Holder, Jr.

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• concluding that the agency reasonably discounted corroborating documents based on the lack of independent verification and cross-examination
• holding that the petitioner’s documentary evidence was insufficient to rehabilitate or independently establish eligibility for petitioner’s claim
• holding that documentary evidence was insufficient to rehabilitate credibility or independently support claim, where the “documents do not reveal any independent knowledge of [the applicant’s] alleged abuse”
• concluding that agency reasonably assigned corroborating documents limited weight, where the authors were not available for cross examination and the authenticity of the documents relied on the applicant’s discredited testimony
• concluding adverse credibility finding was supported where petitioner lied to various immigration officials about identity
• concluding applicant’s documentary evidence was insufficient to rehabilitate his testimony

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