The Department of Justice fired 20 immigration judges at the start of the weekend without explanation, according to multiple reports.
A union president told the Associated Press that the firings included 13 new judges who hadn’t been sworn in yet and five assistant chief immigration judges, while the two others were fired earlier this week. Politico also reported that the 13 new judges were the whole December class set to be sworn in amid a significant backlog of immigration cases.
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