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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.

The new rule, which went into effect on Thursday, permits the director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), with the U.S. Attorney General's approval, "to designate or select any attorney to serve" as a temporary immigration judge (TIJ) for a renewable six-month term. The notice states that the DOJ "declines to adopt any limitations on the number of extensions of the six-month periods or otherwise cap the length of a temporary appointment." The EOIR conducts immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings.