Immigration judge, subject of complaint by lawyers, retires
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Immigration judge, subject of complaint by lawyers, retires
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How the Trump Admin Left Long-Lasting Mark on US Immigration Courts
The Trump administration gave lifetime positions to immigration judges more likely to deport immigrants than previous judges, encouraged deportation rulings during judgesâ training and appointed judges with no immigration experience.
Former US attorney general Jeff Sessions speaks on issues related to visas and travel after then-US President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban order in Washington, US, March 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
World09/Mar/2021
On a rainy September day in 2018, Jeff Sessions, then US attorney general, addressed one of the largest classes of newly hired immigration judges in American history. “The vast majority of asylum claims are not valid,” he said during a swearing-in ceremony in Falls Church, Virginia, according to his prepared remarks. If judges do their job, he said, âthe number of illegal aliens and the number of baseless claims will fall”.
Special Report: How Trump administration left indelible mark on U.S. immigration courts Reuters 3/8/2021 By Reade Levinson, Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg © Reuters/JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ FILE PHOTO: Migrants deported from the U.S. walk towards Mexico at the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in this picture taken from Ciudad Juarez
By Reade Levinson, Kristina Cooke and Mica Rosenberg
(Reuters) - On a rainy September day in 2018, Jeff Sessions, then U.S. attorney general, addressed one of the largest classes of newly hired immigration judges in American history. The vast majority of asylum claims are not valid, he said during a swearing-in ceremony in Falls Church, Virginia, according to his prepared remarks. If judges do their job, he said, “the number of illegal aliens and the number of baseless claims will fall.