The following excerpt is from Hong Li v. Garland, 18-70943 (9th Cir. 2021):
While we had held prior to the REAL ID Act that inconsistencies forming the basis of an adverse credibility determination should go to the heart of a petitioner's claim, "under the REAL ID Act credibility findings no longer need to go 'to the heart of the applicant's claim.'" Malkandi v. Holder, 576 F.3d 906, 918 (9th Cir. 2009), quoting 8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(1)(B)(iii). "The explicit statutory language and purpose behind the statutory change totally demolish [the] argument that inconsistencies must go to the heart of his claim." Shrestha, 590 F.3d at 1046.
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