Chris Smith: “You know, some of the estimates put it at as many as 500,000 of our…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2015

You know, some of the estimates put it at as many as 500,000 of our asylees in the United States were torture victims.

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Smith discusses the estimated number of torture victims among U.S. asylees.

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Chris Smith: “You know, some of the estimates put it at as many as 500,000 of our asylees in the United States were torture victims.”