Matter of G-C-I-
BIA
29 I&N Dec. 176 (BIA 2025)
2025
Holding
(1) A respondent's nonresponsive and evasive testimony, including when related to corroboration, supports an adverse credibility determination. (2) A lack of corroboration may be an independent basis to find that a respondent has not met the burden of proof to establish a claim for asylum or withholding of removal.
Practitioner Note
Affirms that corroboration failure can independently doom an asylum claim even without an express adverse credibility finding.
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