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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joshua Goodman

Military lawyer swiftly fired from immigration bench after defying Trump deportation push

Immigration Military Judges - (AP)

A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals, The Associated Press has learned.

Christopher Day began hearing cases in late October as a temporary judge at the immigration court in Annandale, Virginia. He was fired around Dec. 2, the National Association of Immigration Judges confirmed.

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