9 Quotes by David Leopold

Usually in these cases, there's always two sides to it. In this case there seems to be one thing the government can do and that's to let him finish high school. I don't think what we're asking for is unreasonable.

My hope is that somebody will look at it at some level and say let's rethink this.

Nobody's made a determination that he's to be deported. There is no deportation order.

He hasn't had a hit song since 1966 with 'An Old-Fashioned Wedding,' but these days you can't go to many places in Manhattan without bumping into him. We all know his songs, and they are all part of who we are.

What's the point. Is this making our country safer? Is this making our country more secure?

I'm feeling pretty good at the moment. This is big. They had the papers to move him. I understand they had travel documents. They could have moved him today.

In cases where people are requesting asylum based on politics or a particular social group, he's very strict. Is someone fleeing forced abortion more deserving of protection than someone fleeing political persecution?

I know it's hard to pass these bills, but when he was sitting in jail in December and they were filling the airplane up with fuel to send him back to Germany, it took a miracle to get him out. So, you've got to believe there's a good chance this will become law.

The judge is looking at the evidence. That is the significant thing that happened today.