Tarraf v. Gonzales

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• recognizing that return travel to the country of persecution may be a factor weighing against an applicant’s credible fear of persecution
• holding that petitioner’s testimony that he was detained by Hezbollah guerillas and shot twice, if believed, did not compel a finding of past persecution
• holding that petitioner’s testimony that he was detained by Hezbollah guerillas and shot twice, if believed, did not compel a finding of past persecution
• recognizing that return travel to the country of persecution may be a factor weighing against an applicant’s credible fear of persecution
• upholding adverse credibility determination because of substantive inconsistencies between petitioner’s earlier statements and testimony at hearing
• adverse credibility finding upheld based upon testimonial discrepancies about one of only two events in which petitioner was targeted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).