The Board of Immigration Appeals has determined that when an Immigration Judge finds an expert to be a credible witness, it does not follow that the Immigration Judge must accept all the testimony and opinions provided as facts. “That said, when the Immigration Judge makes a factual finding that is not consistent with an expert’s opinion, it is important, as the Immigration Judge did here, to explain the reasons behind the factual findings.”
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