Summary
The Trump administration has abruptly fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, raising concerns amid efforts to accelerate deportations.
The firings include judges who had yet to be sworn in and senior officials overseeing immigration courts, which already face a backlog of 3.7 million cases.
Union official Matthew Biggs said it was unclear if the move was meant to send a message on immigration policy but called it part of a broader federal workforce purge, adding, “They’re treating these people as if they’re not human beings. It’s bad all around.”
People may see this as a self-own by Trump, but it is not. They’re going all in on Gitmo and extra-jurisdictional imprisonment and suspension of habeas corpus.
Yep.
These firings simply an excuse. Now they can say “look, there’s no judges to handle cases. Backlog” etc…
Another Chumped up problem created simply to support the Chump narrative.
🤡 🤡
I thought they would hire kangaroo-court style judges that just wave everyone through to gitmo.
BINGO. They’re going to create a regime of terror to try to dissuade people from coming and scare the rest into leaving.
I didn’t know the president could fire judges as they are part of the judicial branch and not the executive branch.
Immigration Court is a special court that is part of the Executive Branch, not the Judicial Branch.
He’s the puppet. Always has been. Two guesses who the “master” is… and you’ll probably get them both right.
So… I assume the jobs report in America isn’t looking so good right now… How many thousands of people are jobless now from Trump’s actions?
Same people supporting this bullshit are the same ones who said we should be willing to die for the economy during COVID
Homeless is illegal & yet the government seems so set on making people jobless.
Interestingly if you ask most people if
- Would you rather provide a warm shelter and a temporary place to stay to help a human being to become a productive part of our society once again?
Or
- Would you rather send the same individual to prison indefinitely.
In both cases the individual gets shelter, a bed, and place to stay. The “accommodations” are paid by the same taxes you currently pay.
Most people would probably still choose number 2.
Joblessness is usually not the issue it is jobs with a livable wage. And the answer to that is pretty shit.
Well hopefully these judges find their skills aren’t as transferable as they thought
I know of one immigrant in particular who should be fired.
A backlog of 3.7 million cases… Jesus.
I work in college financial aid. Students are eligible for federal/state funds if they’ve been granted asylum and in the country for at least a year since being granted asylum. So many still have an application pending. The process shouldn’t take more than a year, but I’ve personally seen someone whose application has been pending for seven years, and I’ve heard of longer ones. In the interim, they get a temporary status and work authorization, but I can’t imagine the stress they’re under while waiting this out and watching the new administration work against them.
