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Patrick Leahy: “I think that repealing that 1-year filing deadline--as I said, the reasons why the 1-year filing deadline was enacted…”

On the recordMay 18, 2010
I think that repealing that 1-year filing deadline--as I said, the reasons why the 1-year filing deadline was enacted were really resolved years ago by 1996.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy argues for repealing the outdated 1-year filing deadline for asylum applications.

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