…Each judge who is terminated or resigns leaves behind thousands of cases, with those scheduled for this year now rescheduled to as far out as 2030. #Immigration advocates have warned the #layoffs contribute to the backlog.

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NPR has tracked at least 140 #ImmigrationJudges who have been fired, quit or took an early retirement offer from the admin. At least 90 of them, including those who were supervisors, have received termination notices from the #Trump administration. Of the #judges fired between February & October this year, most had experience in #immigration defense, an NPR investigation found.

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The #Trump admin claims to have authorized the use of #MilitaryLawyers as temporary #judges in an effort to streamline the millions-long backlog of #immigration cases in the #courts.

However, that backlog has only gotten worse as immigration courts, which are housed within the #DOJ, have seen efforts to restructure their workforce.

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"Given the administration's unlawful terminations of qualified #judges, & their plan to leverage the power of temporary positions to speed up their mass deportation agenda, the risks of grave injury to families, fairness, & #DueProcess have expanded," he said.

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…"The #Trump administration's willingness to fire experienced #judges & hire inexperienced or temporary 'deportation judges,' especially in places like California, has fundamentally impacted the landscape of our justice system," Schiff told NPR in a statement.

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The firings come as the admin seeks to reshape who serves on #courts & makes decisions about which #immigrants are allowed to stay in the #US.

There are no #Republican cosponsors on the measure, meaning it's unlikely to pass in a #GOP-controlled #Congress. But the #legislation adds to the scrutiny that #Democrats have brought to the adminn's approach to #immigration courts & their personnel.

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The #legislation was introduced after the admin fired at least 14 #ImmigrationJudges in the last 2 weeks, acc/to the #union that represents them, with many of those having been terminated after years of experience on the bench. Those layoffs add to >90 other terminations so far this year, acc/to a count kept by NPR & the union that represents #immigration #judges.

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Such limits would preclude much of the admin's effort to authorize up to 600 #MilitaryLawyers [#JAG — what’s left of them after #Hegseth purged their ranks] to be temporary #ImmigrationJudges; as part of that move, the White House scrapped the requirement that temporary #immigration #judges must have #ImmigrationLaw experience.

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A bill introduced Wednesday by California's Sen Adam Schiff & Rep Juan Vargas would authorize the AG to appoint temporary #immigration judges that have served on appellate panels, are administrative judges in other agencies, or have 10 years of #ImmigrationLaw experience.

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