context: Furthermore, contrary to He's argument that the agency failed properly to consider a hospital report that allegedly corroborates his testimony, both the IJ and the BIA expressly acknowledged the medical evidence in their decisions and did not err in finding that this single unauthenticated document did not eliminate the various defects in He's testimony and written submissions.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 471 F.3d 315, 342
citation_a.parenthetical: finding that the weight afforded to the applicant's evidence in immigration proceedings lies largely within the discretion of the agency
citation_a.sentence: See Siewe v. Gonzales, 480 F.3d 160, 170 (2d Cir.2007) (“[A] single false document or a single instance of false testimony may (if attributable to the petitioner) infect the balance of the alien’s uncorroborated or unauthenticated evidence”); see also Xiao Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 342 (2d Cir.2006) (finding that the weight afforded to the applicant’s evidence in immigration proceedings lies largely within the discretion of the agency).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 480 F.3d 160, 170
citation_b.parenthetical: "[A] single false document or a single instance of false testimony may (if attributable to the petitioner
citation_b.sentence: See Siewe v. Gonzales, 480 F.3d 160, 170 (2d Cir.2007) (“[A] single false document or a single instance of false testimony may (if attributable to the petitioner) infect the balance of the alien’s uncorroborated or unauthenticated evidence”); see also Xiao Ji Chen v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 471 F.3d 315, 342 (2d Cir.2006) (finding that the weight afforded to the applicant’s evidence in immigration proceedings lies largely within the discretion of the agency).