‘Department of injustice’: Fired Chelmsford Immigration Court judge blows whistle on perceived political purge

‘Department of injustice’: Fired Chelmsford Immigration Court judge blows whistle on perceived political purge

CHELMSFORD — George Pappas did not expect his final day as a federal immigration judge to end without so much as a thank you. After closing what he said was nearly twice the caseload expected of him, he and fellow Chelmsford Immigration Court Judge Sameer Ahmed were told in an email last month that they would be terminated under Article 2 — a vague dismissal with no stated reason and, according to Pappas, part of a nationwide purge targeting jud…