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Susan Collins: “It's difficult for me to understand how he possibly could have met the burden of proving a credible fear of persecution.”

On the recordMarch 26, 2014
It's difficult for me to understand how he possibly could have met the burden of proving a credible fear of persecution.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Collins questions the credibility of asylum claims related to the Tsarnaev brothers.

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