context: Certainly, Gao never alleged that he told the immigration officer his girlfriend had a forced abortion. Because Gao's explanations for the discrepancy between his testimony and the airport interview would not compel a fact-finder to excuse the discrepancy, and because the discrepancy involved the sole basis for his asylum claim, it properly supported the IJ's adverse credibility findings.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 357 F.3d 179, 179-80
citation_a.parenthetical: setting forth the criteria that the Court generally looks to when evaluating the reliability of statements made by applicants during airport interviews
citation_a.sentence: See Secaida-Rosales v. INS, 331 F.3d 297, 308-09 (2d Cir.2003) (finding that to form the basis of an adverse credibility determination, a discrepancy must be “substantial” when measured against the record as a whole); see, e.g., Yun-Zui Guan v. Gonzales, 432 F.3d 391, 395-98 (2d Cir.2005) (determination supported by entirely different accounts of persecution provided by applicant at her airport interview and subsequent hearing); see also Ramsameachire, 357 F.3d at 179-80 (setting forth the criteria that the Court generally looks to when evaluating the reliability of statements made by applicants during airport interviews).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 432 F.3d 391, 395-98
citation_b.parenthetical: determination supported by entirely different accounts of persecution provided by applicant at her airport interview and subsequent hearing
citation_b.sentence: See Secaida-Rosales v. INS, 331 F.3d 297, 308-09 (2d Cir.2003) (finding that to form the basis of an adverse credibility determination, a discrepancy must be “substantial” when measured against the record as a whole); see, e.g., Yun-Zui Guan v. Gonzales, 432 F.3d 391, 395-98 (2d Cir.2005) (determination supported by entirely different accounts of persecution provided by applicant at her airport interview and subsequent hearing); see also Ramsameachire, 357 F.3d at 179-80 (setting forth the criteria that the Court generally looks to when evaluating the reliability of statements made by applicants during airport interviews).