context: However, the IJ did not err in declining to credit Hasan's explanation, particularly given that: (1) Hasan, who had volunteered the information that he paid his first wife, failed to mention that he gave his second wife a dowry; (2) the two thousand dollar payment, which included a payment upon divorce, more closely resembled a commercial transaction than did the unconditional gift of gold jewelry that Hasan provided his second wife; and (3) Hasan failed to provide a consistent account regarding where he and his first wife had lived during their relationship, thereby further calling into question its validity.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 534 F.3d 167, 167
citation_a.parenthetical: "[A]n IJ may rely on any inconsistency or omission in making an adverse credibility determination as long as the 'totality of the circumstances' established that an asylum applicant is not credible"
citation_a.sentence: See Majidi v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 77, 80-81 (2d Cir.2005) (explaining that, although an IJ must consider an applicant’s explanations, he need not credit them unless a reasonable fact-finder would be compelled to do so); see also Xiu Xia Lin, 534 F.3d at 167 (“[A]n IJ may rely on any inconsistency or omission in making an adverse credibility determination as long as the ‘totality of the circumstances’ established that an asylum applicant is not credible”) (internal citation omitted) (emphasis in original). Thus, based on Hasan’s admission that he paid his first wife to marry him in an attempt to procure a visa, the agency did not err in finding him inadmissible under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(C)(i).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 430 F.3d 77, 80-81
citation_b.parenthetical: explaining that, although an IJ must consider an applicant's explanations, he need not credit them unless a reasonable fact-finder would be compelled to do so
citation_b.sentence: See Majidi v. Gonzales, 430 F.3d 77, 80-81 (2d Cir.2005) (explaining that, although an IJ must consider an applicant’s explanations, he need not credit them unless a reasonable fact-finder would be compelled to do so); see also Xiu Xia Lin, 534 F.3d at 167 (“[A]n IJ may rely on any inconsistency or omission in making an adverse credibility determination as long as the ‘totality of the circumstances’ established that an asylum applicant is not credible”) (internal citation omitted) (emphasis in original). Thus, based on Hasan’s admission that he paid his first wife to marry him in an attempt to procure a visa, the agency did not err in finding him inadmissible under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(C)(i).