US EditionTrump administration fires 8 immigration judges in New York City
The firings reduce the New York City immigration court bench by over 25%, part of a nationwide purge amid a backlog of 3.7 million immigration cases, union officials said.
- On Monday, the Trump administration dismissed eight immigration judges who worked at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, including Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Amiena A. Khan.
- The firings followed a nationwide shake-up tied to an enforcement push, targeting judges with immigrant-defense backgrounds and high asylum grant rates while EOIR and DOJ declined to explain.
- The immigration court system is contending with a record backlog of more than 3.7 million pending immigration cases, while the Executive Office for Immigration Review oversees around 600 to 700 immigration judges.
- Fired judges have launched legal challenges alleging discrimination, including Tania Nemer's suit, while the Department of Justice is recruiting replacements with a 25% pay incentive.
- Union officials warn the purge has added years to asylum wait times, with some hearings now pushed into 2028, and many immigration judges say fear of removal is eroding their impartiality.
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They join the 90 or so judges who were dismissed during the year throughout the country, according to a New York Times calculation.
The Trump administration has dismissed eight immigration judges in New York. Critics speak of a "massacre" and accuse the government of targeted intimidation.
Trump Axes Eight Immigration Judges In Manhattan For Being Too Lenient With Illegal Aliens - The American Tribune.com
The Trump administration put coal in the Christmas stockings of eight immigration judges who found themselves on the naughty list this year, firing eight of them on Monday according to information from an official with the National Association of Immigration Judges. The judges who were given their walking papers worked at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City. The firings followed hot on the heels of an earlier round of job cuts in the city’s immigr…
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Trump administration dismisses eight immigration judges in New York
The US Department of Justice has dismissed eight immigration judges in New York City, the association representing them said Tuesday, amid tensions with the courts as President Donald Trump's administration cracks down on undocumented migrants.
For months, federal police officers with masked faces have been walking around the halls of this building every day and making arrests of migrants at the exit of the hearings. Several scenes taken by the police, from separated families, have gone around the world.
Trump administration fires 8 immigration judges in New York City, official says
All eight judges worked out of immigration court offices at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, which is where Immigration and Customs Enforcement is headquartered in the city, the official told CBS News.
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