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David Cicilline: “Do you think that the Atlanta courts with a 98 percent rate of asylum denial is the model that other immigration courts…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2017
Do you think that the Atlanta courts with a 98 percent rate of asylum denial is the model that other immigration courts should be following?
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline questions the appropriateness of a high denial rate as a model for immigration courts.

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