Tu Lin v. Alberto R. Gonzales

How courts have described this case

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• holding that State Department reports, while not automatically discrediting contrary evidence presented by the applicant, are, nonetheless, probative
• emphasizing that because demeanor is “virtually always evaluated subjectively and intuitively,” an IJ’s demeanor finding is accorded “great deference”
• holding that State Department reports are “probative”
• discussing State Department reports that abortion certificates were 4 generally obtained following voluntary abortions to obtain two weeks of sick 5 leave
• finding State Department materials probative and proper basis for finding specific testimony implausible
• “Demeanor is virtually always evaluated subjectively and intuitively, 14 and an IJ therefore is accorded great deference on this score—no less deference 15 than that accorded other fact-finders.”

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