03/10/2009
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"I do agree with you, Chairwoman Waters, that this hearing is a long time in coming, and is necessary."
"Asylum claims are individual; they are very much fact-specific."
"It is twofold, but it is perhaps two sides of the same coin. Individuals who are here who have no claim to stay are allowed to remain longer in violation of the law than they otherwise should have."
"The backlog, essentially, or the caseload, essentially, almost tripled between 2008 and 2017."