Authorities Cited: United States Code 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A) 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B) 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(D) 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(3) 8 U.S.C. § 1158(d)(6) 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(C)(i) 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B) Code of Federal Regulations 8 C.F.R. § 208.18(a)(1) 8 C.F.R. § 208.4(a)(5)(iv) Circuit Courts 251 F.3d 1279, 1283 301 F.3d 1109, 1111 348 F.3d 1153, 1156 378 F.3d 959, 962 379 F.3d 876, 889 389 F.3d 917, 936 418 F.3d 1061, 1065-1067 427 F.3d 954, 957 430 F.3d 1209, 1213-1214 434 F.3d 627, 635 439 F.3d 1100, 1108 442 F.3d 1212, 1218 457 F.3d 915, 922-923 457 F.3d 1117, 1130 471 F.3d 315, 330-332 473 F.3d 1061, 1070 476 F.3d 738, 743-744 479 F.3d 646 493 F.3d 588, 596 504 F.3d 973 516 F.3d 777, 779 518 F.3d 511, 516 519 F.3d 1042, 1043-1044 527 F.3d 912, 916-918 528 F.3d 1172