S.A.B. v. Boente

Record contained sufficient evidence to support IJ’s denial of alien’s asylum and withholding of removal requests based on finding that alien was member of OLF, which qualified as Tier III terrorist organization as defined under 8 USC section 1182(a)(3)(B)(iv)(III). Record showed that: (1) alien had joined OLF in 2001 and had made small contributions to said organization; and (2) alien was aware of television reports in Ethiopia that OLF had killed Ethiopian security forces in its opposition to Ethiopian govt. Moreover, alien’s membership in OLF precluded her from obtaining either asylum or withholding of removal relief, although alien was entitled to deferred removal based on evidence that Ethiopian govt. had continued hostility to members of OLF. Moreover, Ct. of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to review USCIS denial of alien’s request to lift terrorism bar associated with her membership in OLF, since USCIS had sole unreviewable discretion to lift said bar.