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On the recordMay 17, 2011
For an asylum-seeker with a valid claim of persecution in her home country, denial of asylum may be tantamount to giving her a death sentence.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy highlights the severe consequences of denied asylum.

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