Chuck DarwinTwo immigration judges who ruled against the Trump administration in the deportation cases of pro-Palestinian university students have been fired by the Department of Justice.
The New York Times reported over the weekend that the justice department had terminated six judges,
including Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, who oversaw deportation proceedings against Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi,
two students who were arrested last year as part of Trump’s campaign against the Gaza protest movement.
In an interview with the Guardian, Patel said she did not view her dismissal as “directly retaliatory” for any one case.
She said it fit within a broader pattern of the administration dismissing judges near the end of their probationary term,
particularly those who have experience representing immigrants in court.
“I think there’s a broader agenda of trying to reshape the immigration bench to be more reflective of the political agenda of the administration,” Patel said.
The Biden administration appointed both Patel and Froes to the bench in May 2024, and both had previously worked in immigration defense.
A recent NPR analysis found that the Trump administration appears to be targeting immigration judges who previously represented immigrants
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