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of a deci si on of the B oard of Im m i grat i on A pp ea l s a do pt i ng and aff i rm i ng an I mmi g r a t i o n Ju d g e ’ s ( “ I J ” ) d e n i a l o f Pe t i t i o n e r s ’ ap p l i c a t i o n s f o ra s y l u m, w ith h o ld in g o f

r e m o v a l, an dp r o te c tio n u n d e rth e C o n v e n tio n A g a in s t T o rtu r e . P e t i t i one r s a s s e rt e d f

e arof f utur e pe r s e c ut i on on a c c ountof Y a s m i n’ s c onve r s i on to C h r is tian ity . Y as m i n w as foun d n ott o b e e l i gi bl e f or as ylum because s he fi l ed ye ar s a ft er th e p a s s a g e o f

th e o n e - y e a rd e a d lin e . See 8 C . F . R . § 1208. 4( a ) ( 2) ( i ) ( A ) . S he cont ends thatshe has dem on strat ed “ changed” or “ extra ordi nary ” c i rc um st ance s p u r s u a n t to 8 C .F .R . § 1 2 0 8 .4 ( a ) ( 4 ) - ( 5 ) , ju s tif y in g th e d e lay . T he IJm ade an adv er se cr edi bi l i ty f i nd i ng w i th res pectt o h eras se rt i on that s h e c o n v e rte dto C h r is tian ity . Y a s m in c o n v e rte dn e ar lyte n y e ar s a f te ra rr iv in g in the U ni t ed S t at es and a few m on ths af t erthe i ni t i at i on of her husband ’ s r em ov al proceedi ng s. T he IJ ’ s a dv er se cr edi bi l i ty f i nd i ng i s s up po rt ed by subst ant i al e vi de nc e . N otonl yw a s the t i m i ng of the a l l e ge d c onve r s i on s us pi c i ous , but Y a s m in c o u ldn o t s ta te th e c o rr e c t n a m e o f th e c h u r c h s h e s a idth a t s h e a tte n d e d . H erst at ed re as on s f

or conv ert i ng t o C hri st i ani ty s up po rt ed the IJ ’ s c on clusi on that s he c onve rt e d onl yt o s t a yi n the U ni t e d S t a t e s a nd notbe c aus e of he rr e l i gi ous bel i ef .3

S ub st ant i alevi dence al so supp ort s the IJ ’ s det erm i nat i on thatY as m i n h as f a ile dto e s tab lis h ac le a rp r o b ab ilityth a t s h e w ill b e p e r s e c u te din B an g la d e s h . N e ith e rth e c o u n tryr e p o rts n o rth e a lle g e dth r e a te n in g le tte r s s up p o rt h e rc la im . T h e le tte r s , w h ic h Y a s m in c la im s s h o w th a t af a tw aw a s is s u e da g a in s t h e rin re t al i at i on for herconv er si on , w er e w ri tt en before heral l eged conv er si on and b ore n o in d ic a tio n o f

h a v in g b e e n m a ile df

r o m B an g la d e s h . T h e p et i t i o n fo r rev i ew i s D EN I ED .