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.
Immigration judges are already kangaroo-court style judges. You can’t have judicial independence if it’s under the executive who creates the policy out of whole cloth in the first place. That’s what this makes a fine point of but it’s always been true.
The backlog is already over 3 million people, it probably is just another case of everyone that was on their probationary period being fired like in every other part of the government.
it isn’t. his plan simply doesn’t require them.
BINGO. They’re going to create a regime of terror to try to dissuade people from coming and scare the rest into leaving.
Without judges, he can “deport” legal immigrants or even citizens and who will prove him wrong?
They’re obstructing the already shitty lawful channel to force immigrants into the unlawful ones.
That’s always been the case.
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.
If homelessness is illegal, then enslaving homeless people is legal
Putting them in the big house is extra super-duper legal
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.
Yep because #2 makes them feel superior even when it costs them far more
Gotta find another source of slave labor for the prison system.
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
Judges can become high paid arbitrators. I learned that from the Legal Eagle channel
They’ll just lie about the job numbers :/
Or stop publishing them because they fired everyone at the DOL.
Jobs numbers were going to be bad with tech layoffs, this is just to obfuscate
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.
I was also unaware of that distinction, thank you kindly!
Ah! Thanks for the clarification
Sorry, I’m largely ignorant of the US government, but can’t another branch create their own alternative and keep on trucking? Assuming there’s an initiative and they have the votes, ofc.
He’s not the president. He’s the ruler.
He’s the puppet. Always has been. Two guesses who the “master” is… and you’ll probably get them both right.
Elodimir?
Sounds like a Lord of the Rings character.
I wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of such a comparison. How about the two henchmen of Cruella DeVille… that’d seem more fitting.
I know of one immigrant in particular who should be fired.
Fired upon, you mean.
Just launch him to mars for the sake of all of us.
Into the sun would be more acceptable.
that’s just stupid.
it would take less ∆v to launch him out of the solar system
And deported back to Africa too, I presume?
I’d be ok with Guantanamo
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.
Court is our legal opportunity to defend ourselves; sometimes our last defense of our rights.
Trump can’t have the peons exploiting the rich’s privilege to delay, defend, and just jump straight to deny.
They’re never wrong anyway. Trust them. /s
(Edit: I use “peons” to encompass non-rich Americans and immigrants alike. Not used derogatorily to single out specific folks or groups.)
Also worth noting that immigration courts are pretty much just theater. Most of these people do not have lawyers, and unlike a criminal court they do not have the right to a public defender. They aren’t part of the judicial branch which is why trump can just fire the judges.
Imagine a court where the judge and the prosecutor have the same boss… That’s immigration court. It’s a sham masquerading as justice.
I thought just judges and prosecutors serve the state?
Look at their rulings.
Please elaborate
The nazi regime is purging judges who treat human beings like human beings.
Clear enough for you?
