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Jeff Merkley: “[The MPP] process places on the applicants the highest burden of proof in civil proceedings in the lowest quality…”

On the recordNovember 18, 2019
[The MPP] process places on the applicants the highest burden of proof in civil proceedings in the lowest quality hearing available.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Highlighting the unfair legal standards imposed by the MPP on asylum applicants.

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