Patrick Leahy actually said...

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.

Leahy highlights the severe consequences of denied asylum.

05/17/2011

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Her nomination to the circuit court is rated unanimously well qualified by the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.

I think the Senators that just testified being strong in their support for these nominees is always most meaningful to me.

Federal judges across the country, and particularly in California, are carrying a large caseload, backlogs...

I think that's something that is very important to me and we'll ask about it.