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XIU LING CHEN v. GONZALES

No. 06-3980.

489 F.3d 861 (2007)

XIU LING CHEN, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rekha Sharma-Crawford (argued), W. Michael Sharma-Crawford, Overland Park, KS, for Petitioner.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Hillel R. Smith (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Xiu Ling Chen has borne two children since entering the United States illegally in 2001. When caught, she requested asylum on the ground that China had compelled her to have an abortion in 1993. Involuntary abortion qualifies an immigrant as a "refugee" under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(B). At the hearing before an immigration judge, however, Chen conceded that her application and accompanying affidavit had been false — that she had...

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