The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges on Monday, in keeping with an official with the Nationwide Affiliation of Immigration Judges.
The judges who had been dismissed labored at 26 Federal Plaza.
Earlier on Monday, an immigration choose who was fired by the Trump administration in February filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Division of Justice, alleging she is a sufferer of discrimination.
Greater than 100 immigration judges have been fired, resigned by means of the Division of Authorities Effectivity’s “Fork within the Highway” supply, or transferred out of immigration adjudication, in keeping with the union.
The newest firings come because the Division of Homeland Safety is actively hiring “deportation judges.”
In a put up on X final week, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin mentioned the roles supply potential full-time distant work with salaries starting from $159,951 to $207,500.
Immigrant advocates have referred to as out the Trump administration for dismissing immigration judges who’ve expertise in immigration regulation.
There’s additionally a backlog of greater than 3.7 million immigration circumstances.
-ABC Information’ Laura Romero
