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José E. Serrano: “The same day you submitted a rather glowing statement to this subcommittee, you sent an email out to EOIR staff stating…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2019
The same day you submitted a rather glowing statement to this subcommittee, you sent an email out to EOIR staff stating that due to the increase in cost of interpreters you are potentially going to slow down the hiring of judges, cancel training, curtail acquisition of new space, and delay information technology improvements.
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José E. Serrano
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Serrano criticizes the impact of budget constraints on EOIR's operations.

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