The Trump administration dismissed 20 immigration judges over the weekend without explanation, as it continues its efforts to reduce the size of the federal government, The Associated Press reported.
Matthew Biggs, the president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, a union representing immigration judges, said 13 judges who hadn't been sworn in yet and five assistant chief immigration judges were fired Friday without warning.
He added that two additional judges had been let go in the same manner last week.
"You have a president now who campaigned on immigration and removing people from the country on the one hand. And on the other hand, he's actually firing the very judges that have to hear these cases and make those decisions. So, it makes no sense. It's a head-scratcher," Biggs said in a statement, as reported by NBC News.
The immigration court system is severely overwhelmed, with more than 3.7 million pending cases, resulting in lengthy delays. Asylum applications can particularly take years to resolve.
Despite bipartisan support for increased staffing, including additional judges and support personnel, the Trump administration's push for expedited case resolution puts extra pressure on already burdened court judges,
Here's the fact they tried to hide: 13 of these judges weren't sworn in yet. Why is that?
Because these are among the many "Midnight Appointments" Biden rushed into office as he departed the White House to spend more time with his beach house. In other words, they're almost all pro-illegal-immigration saboteurs Biden's aides appointed precisely because they could be depended upon to refuse to deport Biden's Army of Invading Illegals.
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