158 CBS New York has now confirmed that the Trump administration has fired eight immigration judges from the Manhattan federal immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza — the same building housing ICE’s HQ and New York’s main detention center. (twitter.com) posted 201 days ago by brain_dead 201 days ago by brain_dead +158 / -0 14 comments share 14 comments share save hide report block hide replies
We were told weeks ago they were bringing JAG officers up to be immigration judges, 600 of them. Here is the article, the 600 IJ reference is 4 paragraph down. https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-military-attorneys-immigration-justice-department-cb352bdb6c1d9d6d68f79642d69c6363
Wow 600. Good.
Oh, this is great! This should make a big dent in the 3-mil+ case backlog currently on the books.
Its funny that the fired "judges" are moaning that their prior departments wont be able to handle the backlog without them.
That backlog was by design!, and those fired judges were rubber-stamping asylum cases.
And now, in sweeps the cavalry!
I love seeing things get done.