Yang v. United States Dept of Justice

Petitioner Xue Hong Yang ("Yang") appeals from an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") which affirmed the decision of an Immigration Judge ("IJ") denying her requests for asylum and for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1231(b)(3), and for withholding of removal under the United Nations Convention Against Torture ("CAT"), Dec. 10, 1984, S. Treaty Doc. No. 100-20 (1988), 1465 U.N.T.S. 85; 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16.