Trump’s DOJ told a judge how to rule. Then it pulled her from court. Karen Donoso Stevens offers a rare firsthand look at the administration’s campaign to transform the immigration court system.

RabbleRebel@lemmy.wtf · 14 days ago

Trump’s DOJ told a judge how to rule. Then it pulled her from court. Karen Donoso Stevens offers a rare firsthand look at the administration’s campaign to transform the immigration court system.

mkwt@lemmy.world · 14 days ago

Immigration judges are not really judges at all. They are regular civil service employees of the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR). That’s why they can be fired like this.

Federal district and appellate court judges are appointed by the President, but they serve for life and cannot be fired except by impeachment.

dk00001@lemmy.today · 14 days ago

Time to change that it seems