Tawuo v. Lynch, No. 14-2937 (7th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseTawuo was born in Cameroon in 1986. He entered the U.S. in 2009 with a nonimmigrant student visa to attend school in New York. He registered, but did not attend for long. Tawuo moved to Illinois, and in 2010 applied for asylum and withholding of removal, stating that he feared harm or mistreatment if he were to return. Tawuo’s affidavit described being “arrested, detained and tortured due to my activities with the Association for the Defense of the Rights of University Students in Cameroon (ADDEC).” CIS deemed Tawuo’s application not credible, citing material inconsistencies between his affidavit and other evidence as well as “material implausibility.” At a hearing before an IJ, he submitted an affidavit that was significantly more detailed than his first submission. Tawuo testified extensively about his life in Cameroon, his participation in ADDEC, and his subsequent persecution by police. The judge concluded that Tawuo was not credible and had not produced any other evidence sufficient to corroborate his account. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed and the Seventh Circuit denied a petition for reviw. The judge’s finding that Tawuo’s testimony and affidavits were not credible was based upon a detailed analysis of the record.
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