Mendez-Barrera v. Holder

Filing 920100415

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = ' In addition to what is recounted above, the petitioner\'s\
testimony also included second-hand accounts of two incidents that\
allegedly had transpired in El Salvador after she fled.\
'

var WPFootnote2 = ' We do not suggest that the IJ erred in requiring\
corroboration. Under the REAL ID Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-13,\
§ 101(a)(3), 119 Stat. 231, 303 (codified at 8 U.S.C.\
§ 1158(b)(1)(B)(ii)), an alien bears the ultimate burden of\
persuasion, so the absence of easily obtainable corroborating\
evidence sometimes can be of decretory significance. See, e.g.,\
Chhay v. Mukasey, 540 F.3d 1, 6 (1st Cir. 2008). Here, however,\
the BIA did not reach the question of corroboration, and we too can\
stop short of reaching it. \
'

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