The Justice Department this week added 42 new immigration judges across courts in California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Texas, and Virginia, marking the latest step in the Trump administration’s effort to reshape the immigration court system with appointees whose records align more closely with its hard-line deportation agenda.
The new judges were sworn in during an investiture ceremony at the DOJ’s Great Hall in Washington, with Attorney General Pam Bondi administering the oath on Wednesday. The Executive Office for Immigration Review said the appointments are part of its push to reduce the immigration court backlog, which the agency says has fallen by more than 380,000 cases since Jan. 20 last year.
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