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in d in g . Se e de Le o n - Ba rr i o s v . I NS , 116 F . 3d 391, 394 ( 9th C i r . 1997) ( s t a t i ng tha ta l though a n a dve r s e c r e di bi l i tyf i ndi ng doe s notr e qui r e the r e c i t a t i on of uni que orpa rt i c ul a rw or ds , i tm us tbe e xpl i c i t ) . H e r e , the I Js t a t e d tha the b e l i e v e d Or a n t e s - Barr e r awi th r e g a r d t o th e f a c tth a tth e r e a r e g a n g s p r e v a l e n ti n El S a lv a d o rb u t “[ c o u ld ]n o t f in d . . . c r e d ib le ” “th e o th e ra s p e c ts w h e r e s h e a tte m p ts t o el evat e or l i fther c l ai m t o a prot ec t ed basi s, and o n acc ou ntof a prot ec t ed grou nd . ” 2 . S u b s ta n tia l e v id e n c e s u p p o rts th e I J ’s a d v e r s e c r e d ib ilityf in d in g . See Shr e s tha , 590 F . 3d a t1039. T he I Jba s e d the a dve r s e c r e di bi l i tyf i ndi ng i n pa rton O rant es -B arre ra ’ s dem eano r. T he IJno t ed O rant es -B arre ra ’ s “ l on g p ause s b e tw e e n m a n y s a lie n t p ie c e s o f te s tim o n ya r e in d ic iao f la c ko f c a n d o rto th is c ourt . ” T he I Jdi s t i ngui s he d O r a nt e s - B a rr e r a ’ s di f f i c ul t i e s due t o he re m ot i ons f r o m h e rd e m e a n o rin b e in g a s k e d d if f ic u lt q u e s tio n s . See Ki n v. H older , 595 F . 3d 1050, 1056 ( 9th C i r . 2010) ( c onc l udi ng tha tthe de m e a norf i ndi ng w a s i ns uf

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NS , 103 F . 3d 1482, 1489 ( 9th C i r . 1997) ( ape t i t i one rc a nnote s t abl i s h a nexu s t o a prot ec t ed grou nd by i nfer ence un l es s the i nfer ence i s c l ear) . 3. O rant es -B arre raar gu es thatthe B IA erre d i n aff i rm i ng the IJ ’ s hol di ng that she w as i nel i gi bl e t o app l y f or adj ustm entof st atus. W e di sa gree . O rant es -B arre ra di d n othave an i m m edi at el y avai l abl e vi sa . T he vi saavai l abl e i n 1 99 8 w as p r o p e r lyp u r g e d . See 8 U . S . C . § 1153( g) ( 2003) . B e c aus e O r a nt e s - B a rr e r adi d not h a v e a n im m e d ia te lya v a ilab le v is a , s h e d idn o t h a v e alib e rtyin te r e s t in d is c r e tio n a ry r e lie f

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