Trump Purges Immigration Judges With Biden Ties
At least eight newly appointed judges—including veterans and former DHS officials—were dismissed without explanation, raising alarm over politicized justice and stalled deportations.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has dismissed at least eight newly appointed immigration judges across the country — including several from Massachusetts — a move Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates say appears to be part of a politically motivated purge aimed at shaping the bench to align with the White House’s hardline immigration agenda.
In a letter sent Thursday to the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey of Massachusetts said the firings appear to target judges with non-enforcement backgrounds and warned the pattern undermines judicial independence.
“We are concerned that EOIR may be deciding whether to convert judges... using their prior employment as an indicator of whether they will be supportive of the Administration’s immigration agenda,” the senators wrote. They called the decision “unprecedented.”
The firings occurred at the end of the judges’ two-year probationary period — a phase after which nearly…