Over the past weeks, the Trump administration has fired immigration judges as part of its plan to downsize the government and cut public spending. But with fewer judges handling such cases, courts are expected to see the already massive backlog of cases expand even further.
The Trump administration has introduced production quotas for judges in an effort to reduce the backlogs. According to the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review, immigration judges must complete 700 cases a year to earn a satisfactory grade.
