Xin Jie Xie v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the omission of a material event from an asylum application may support an adverse credibility finding
• explaining that the omission of a key event from an alien’s written asylum application can support an adverse cred- ibility finding
• concluding that alien’s varying reports that he was detained after the birth of his second or third child was material because “[h]e purported to be able to tie the date of his detention to a particular event”
• stating that the BIA can rely upon State Department reports that are vague and ambiguous
• noting that minor inconsistencies do not provide an adequate basis for an adverse credibility finding
• explaining that an adverse credibility finding must be upheld unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary

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