context: Second, as the BIA reasonably determined, Zhang failed to establish a material change in country conditions, since the time of his hearing. Indeed, State Department reports in the record for 2000 (submitted with Zhang's original application) and 2010 (submitted with his motion to reopen) showed that country conditions had not materially changed.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 451 F.3d 292, 294
citation_a.parenthetical: considering whether evidence in support of reopening demonstrated a change since the hearing below
citation_a.sentence: See Matter of S-Y-G-, 24 I. & N. Dec. 247, 253 (BIA 2007)(“In determining whether evidence accompanying a motion to reopen demonstrates a material change in country conditions that would justify reopening, [the BIA] compare[s] the evidence of country conditions submitted with the motion to those that existed at the time of the merits hearing below.”); see also Norani v. Gonzales, 451 F.3d 292, 294 (2d Cir.2006) (per curiam) (considering whether evidence in support of reopening demonstrated a change since the hearing below).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 24 I. & N. Dec. 247, 253
citation_b.parenthetical: "In determining whether evidence accompanying a motion to reopen demonstrates a material change in country conditions that would justify reopening, [the BIA] compare[s] the evidence of country conditions submitted with the motion to those that existed at the time of the merits hearing below."
citation_b.sentence: See Matter of S-Y-G-, 24 I. & N. Dec. 247, 253 (BIA 2007)(“In determining whether evidence accompanying a motion to reopen demonstrates a material change in country conditions that would justify reopening, [the BIA] compare[s] the evidence of country conditions submitted with the motion to those that existed at the time of the merits hearing below.”); see also Norani v. Gonzales, 451 F.3d 292, 294 (2d Cir.2006) (per curiam) (considering whether evidence in support of reopening demonstrated a change since the hearing below).