SIOE TJEN WONG v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF U.S.

No. 06-3539.

539 F.3d 225 (2008)

SIOE TJEN WONG, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: August 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Hohenstein, Esq., Orlow, Kaplan & Hohenstein, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

David V. Bernal, Esq., Lance L. Jolley, Esq., Ernesto H. Molina, Esq., Jonathan Potter, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before FUENTES, CHAGARES, and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CHAGARES, Circuit Judge.

Sioe Tjen Wong, a native and citizen of Indonesia, petitions for review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). A Catholic Indonesian of Chinese descent, Wong claims that she has a well-founded fear of persecution in Indonesia because of her religion and her ethnicity. As we explain below, substantial evidence supports the BIA's denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and...

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