Fast-tracked and without a lawyer, Modesto family’s asylum case ends in denial

“The court doesn’t believe the harm you describe rises to the level of past persecution," said Judge Michael Rapizo. Fast-tracked and without a lawyer, Modesto family’s asylum case ends in denial
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