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Administration Culls Immigration Judges Amid Pro-Palestine Rulings

Six immigration judges fired by Trump administration, including two who dismissed deportation cases for students supporting Palestinian rights. Affects judicial independence.

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https://newsletter.tf/trump-fires-immigration-judges-pro-palestine-rulings/

At least six immigration judges were fired this past weekend. This is part of a larger trend where 113 judges have been fired during the Trump administration.

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https://newsletter.tf/trump-fires-immigration-judges-pro-palestine-rulings/

…Each judge who is terminated or resigns leaves behind thousands of cases, with those scheduled for this year now rescheduled to as far out as 2030. #Immigration advocates have warned the #layoffs contribute to the backlog.

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NPR has tracked at least 140 #ImmigrationJudges who have been fired, quit or took an early retirement offer from the admin. At least 90 of them, including those who were supervisors, have received termination notices from the #Trump administration. Of the #judges fired between February & October this year, most had experience in #immigration defense, an NPR investigation found.

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The #legislation was introduced after the admin fired at least 14 #ImmigrationJudges in the last 2 weeks, acc/to the #union that represents them, with many of those having been terminated after years of experience on the bench. Those layoffs add to >90 other terminations so far this year, acc/to a count kept by NPR & the union that represents #immigration #judges.

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Such limits would preclude much of the admin's effort to authorize up to 600 #MilitaryLawyers [#JAG — what’s left of them after #Hegseth purged their ranks] to be temporary #ImmigrationJudges; as part of that move, the White House scrapped the requirement that temporary #immigration #judges must have #ImmigrationLaw experience.

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A bill introduced Wednesday by California's Sen Adam Schiff & Rep Juan Vargas would authorize the AG to appoint temporary #immigration judges that have served on appellate panels, are administrative judges in other agencies, or have 10 years of #ImmigrationLaw experience.

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#Democrats in Washington want to impose legal requirements on whom the #Trump admin can bring in as temporary #ImmigrationJudges, after the White House terminated at least a dozen tenured #judges.

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https://www.npr.org/2025/12/03/g-s1-100085/immigration-judges-congress-democrats

Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on Immigration Court

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/inside-donald-trumps-attack-on-immigration-court

Not coincidentally, last Thursday, the #DOJ published a rule change on the website of the Federal Register relaxing criteria for who can serve as a temporary #immigration judge. It eliminated a requirement that such judges have substantial experience in #ImmigrationLaw, or that they must already be serving as administrative law judges (#ALJ) at other agencies.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-28/pdf/2025-16573.pdf

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Unlike courts in the #judicial branch, where the Senate confirms #judges to life tenure to ensure their #independence, #immigration courts are part of the #ExecutiveBranch. They are run by the #DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (#EOIR). Still, while #ImmigrationJudges are department employees, they are supposed to act as neutral arbiters.

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This is 100% NOT how judges are appointed!

So totally illegal!!!

Okay #ImmigrationJudges are different. Unfortunately.

Immigration judges act as representatives of the #USAG & can only act acc/to authority delegated by the AG or by the #Immigration & Nationality Act (#INA). They are not part of the judicial branch of govt, but are quasi-judicials, formerly known as “special inquiry officers”.

Still, I don’t know how you can have #MILITARY lawyers in the role.

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https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/1003.0

Hitting home. This is in my hometown. Story from my local paper. #resist2025 #immigrationjudges #dueprocess https://enewspaper.lowellsun.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=a113bbc9-eb0a-47eb-9c14-911a9a46071f&share=true