Immigration judges
Coverage of Immigration judges in the Nexus archive.
- Immigration judge says firings, policies are 'disheartening'
The Trump administration has fired more immigration judges as it reshapes the court system overseeing deportations. The judges, required to answer to the administration whose policies they adjudicate, describe the actions as 'disheartening'.
- White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Stop Civil Service Politicization
The Trump White House allegedly influenced a board designed to prevent civil service politicization, advancing a theory of presidential authority over the executive branch. This included directing employees handling sensitive legal matters like federal prosecutors and immigration judges.
- White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Protect Federal Workers From Unfair Firings
The White House is accused of secretly influencing a board tasked with protecting federal workers from unfair firings. The Trump administration asserts the president's authority to direct federal employees, including prosecutors and immigration judges.
- Supreme Court sides with Trump in immigration judges' speech restrictions dispute
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of President Donald Trump's administration in a case involving restrictions on the speech of immigration judges. The lawsuit questioned whether these restrictions violated the rights of federal workers.
- Supreme Court Reverses Ruling in Immigration Judges’ Free Speech Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a Fourth Circuit ruling in a lawsuit involving immigration judges' free speech claims, stating the lower court overstepped its authority. The decision was unanimous with no noted dissents.
- Trump onboards more than 80 new immigration judges to speed up deportation cases
The Trump administration has onboarded more than 80 new federal immigration judges this week to accelerate the processing of deportation cases. CBS News obtained exclusive reporting on this staffing expansion through immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez.
- DOJ onboards 82 new immigration judges in deportation push
The Department of Justice has onboarded 82 new immigration judges as part of an immigration enforcement initiative. This expansion follows the Trump administration's removal of numerous immigration judges from their positions over the past year.
- EOIR Announces 77 Immigration Judges and 5 Temporary Immigration Judges
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced the swearing in of 77 immigration judges and 5 temporary immigration judges, marking the largest class of new adjudicators in EOIR's history. This brings the total immigration judge corps to nearly 700, with 153 permanent judges hired this fiscal year—the most in any single year in the agency's history.