US EditionPentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
- On Aug. 27, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department, with groups of 150 dispatched 'as soon as practicable' and a first group identified by next week, the memo dated Aug. 27 says.
- Immigration courts, already strained by nearly 3.5 million cases, now operate with about 600 judges after nearly 15% accepted buyouts, were not renewed, or were fired last week.
- The military lawyers will receive about two weeks of training before serving, and the memo notes deployments will last no more than 179 days but can be renewed.
- The Pentagon's plan would temporarily double immigration judges nationwide at the Justice Department's request as the administration intensifies arrests and deportations.
- Hiring permanent immigration judges can take more than a year, EOIR lost over 100 judges in the last nine months, and critics say last week's Department of Justice rule change lowers standards, risking politicization.
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Pentagon to send military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
The Pentagon has approved the transfer of some of its military and civilian lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, the Defense Department confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the Department of Justice (DOJ) requested that the Pentagon identify “qualified Judge Advocates and civilian attorneys…
The U.S. will assign military lawyers to work as immigration judges temporarily to expedite the nearly four million outstanding cases in the midst of Donald Trump's offensive against immigrants, as confirmed by the Pentagon to EFE on Tuesday.The request was made by the Department of Justice and the defense is “identifying judges lawyers and civil lawyers qualified for temporary assignments as Immigration Judges,” the Pentagon's chief spokesman, …
In the US, up to 600 military lawyers are supposed to work temporarily as migration judges.
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