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Orrin Hatch: Mr. Estrada graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University after coming from Honduras. He was 4 years old when his…

On the recordFebruary 26, 2003
Mr. Estrada graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University after coming from Honduras. He was 4 years old when his parents divorced in Honduras. He was 17 when he came to this country, speaking very little English. He taught himself English. He graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University, and then he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard where he was an editor of the Law Review--one of the highest positions you could have in the law school. Of course not. There is no way they can say he doesn't have the academic credentials to do this job.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Defending the academic qualifications of judicial nominee Miguel Estrada.

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