The Board of Immigration Appeals has sustained DHS's appeal from a $12,000 bond grant, holding that the respondent failed to meet his burden of showing he is not a flight risk. The Board found it highly significant that the respondent had omitted from his asylum application the fact that he had passed through Greece and previously obtained asylum there under a different identity, noting that the omission implicated his credibility, his true identity, potential statutory bars to relief, and his willingness to commit immigration fraud.
The Board also noted that the Immigration Judge had already denied the respondent's asylum application, and that the fraud revelations made his prospects on appeal "remote." While acknowledging favorable factors such as steady employment, a fixed address, and the absence of a criminal record, the Board concluded these could not overcome serious doubts about his trustworthiness and likelihood of complying with a removal order and vacated the bond.
The full text of Matter of Y-M-B- can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1463051/dl?inline