Vassili Kourski v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States

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• observing “tension” between the BIA’s corrobora- tion rule and the language of 8 C.F.R. § 208.13(a)
• reversing an adverse credibility finding where the IJ did not find that the petitioner knew or suspected that his birth certificate was a forgery
• “[I]f the applicant has no reason to know that the document is forged, its existence does not undermine his credibility....”
• “there is a gaping hole in the reasoning of the board and the immigration judge”
• “Without reason to believe that Kourski knew or suspected the forgery, however, proof that [the birth certificate] was a forgery wouldn’t be evidence that he was lying.”
• “it is odd to think a brother’s affidavit would be persuasive evidence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).