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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Inside Trump’s push to hire 140 new immigration judges - many with little to no experience in the field: report

The Trump administration has purged more than 100 immigration judges and hired more than 140 in their place, but many have no relevant legal experience in the field, according to a report.

In a bid to carry out the largest deportation campaign in U.S. history, as set out by President Donald Trump when he returned to office, the Justice Department replaced many immigration judges hired under the Biden administration with a more “malleable workforce,” a former appointee told The Washington Post.

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