what dates are stamped in your passport?

The Immigration Judge asked these questions of Ms. X, a pro-democracy activist from Senegal:
-what does your passport say about your international travel?
-"why are you applying for asylum?"
-why did government think you were not loyal?
why did they beat you?
why did they think you raised money in the USA?
-how did you get your passport?
-when you arrived in USA the first time, what was your intent? stay here forever? apply for asylum? or were you confused, you had no information, and you had no intent?
-if you have no information, you cannot plan, and you cannot form an intent, correct?
-what was your complete immmigration history in USA?
did you file I-539? I-589? what is the difference between I-539 and I-589?
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you had problems in your country in 2002? why not flee immediately?
-you had no visa and no money for airplane tickets?
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where did you work?
when did you work there?
-if you miss time from work because of travel or being in prison, what does employer think?
-was your employer the government? you worked at a government hospital? you say your government hates you, but it gives you a job?
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where were you, at the moment of your arrest?
who was with you, at that time?
if they saw you get arrested, how come they did not write a letter of suppport for you?
-upon release from prison, where did you go?
how did you get there?
sister gave you a ride in her car?
if you were so injured, why not go to the hospital?
-Did your government want to punish you? why?
What does "punish" mean?
When you protested in the USA, did anyone in the Embassy see you?
Is it true that a photograph is worth one thousand words?