What is the test for determining the credibility of a petitioner's testimony at an immigration hearing?
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The following excerpt is from Navas-Rivera v. I.N.S., 879 F.2d 865 (9th Cir. 1989):
3 "Where, as here, the [BIA] and the immigration judge make no findings as to the credibility of the petitioner's hearing testimony, the reviewing court must presume that the testimony was credible." Arteaga v. INS, 836 F.2d 1227, 1231 n. 7 (9th Cir.1988) (citation omitted).
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