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Over 200 Immigration Judges Replaced with 'Deportation Judges'
The administration says it is correcting bias, while critics say the move has fired at least 107 judges and weakened asylum hearings.
- Since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, the DOJ has fired, retired, or forced out more than 200 immigration judges, including roughly two dozen in San Francisco, according to the National Association of Immigration Judges.
- The administration has recruited more than 70 "deportation judges" from enforcement backgrounds to "deliver justice to criminal illegal aliens," while officials claim some judges exhibit bias against the Department of Homeland Security.
- Former immigration judge Ryan Wood described a "new regime" where judges are walked off the bench mid-decision, noting "zero doubt" the administration wants to maximize deportations and stress the system.
- Asylum grant rates have plummeted to 7% under Trump, down from 36% during the previous administration's final year, as the White House claimed "the era of amnesty is over."
- Rep. Zoe Lofgren reintroduced a bill this year, backed by the immigration judges' union, to create an independent court system protecting judges from executive branch hiring or firing.
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