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On the recordApril 2, 2014
Is this a priority? Because I really worry that we're going to reach such a tipping point that justice will just be totally denied.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy questions the priority of addressing the immigration court backlog.

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