"The Justice Department has hired 36 immigration judges, including 25 temporary ones, for its Executive Office for Immigration Review, marking the first class to join the immigration courts after months of cuts to the workforce. Judges will soon take the bench across 16 states, according to a Justice Department announcement. These include courts that saw the biggest losses of judges this year such as Chelmsford, Mass., and Chicago."
""EOIR is restoring its integrity as a preeminent administrative adjudicatory agency," the announcement states. "These new immigration judges are joining an immigration judge corps that is committed to upholding the rule of law." The incoming class of permanent judges comprises mostly those with a background in federal government work, including EOIR itself and the Department of Homeland Security. Previously, they trained Immigration and Customs enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents, were asylum officers and worked for ICE's legal arm."
The Justice Department hired 36 immigration judges, including 25 temporary judges, to join the Executive Office for Immigration Review and bolster courts across 16 states. Positions are being filled in locations that experienced the largest judge losses this year, including Chelmsford, Mass., and Chicago. EOIR framed the hires as restoring integrity and strengthening a corps committed to upholding the rule of law. The incoming permanent judges largely have federal government experience with EOIR, DHS, ICE, asylum offices, and training roles for enforcement agencies. Temporary judges include military lawyers after Pentagon authorization. DOJ loosened temporary-judge qualifications, removing prior immigration-law experience requirements. Immigration judges hold exclusive authority over green-card revocation and final removal orders.
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