Trump administration brings on record new class of immigration judges
Justice Department officials said the new class brings the immigration judge corps back closer to 700 as the backlog fell from 4 million to 3.5 million.
- On Wednesday, the Department of Justice swore in 77 permanent and 5 temporary immigration judges in Washington, bringing the total corps to nearly 700 as President Donald Trump accelerates enforcement efforts.
- The Trump administration has fired at least 115 immigration judges while onboarding 153 permanent judges during the 2026 fiscal year that began October 1, the most ever hired in a single year.
- Officials reported the pending immigration caseload declined from 4 million to around 3.5 million since January 2025, with many new judges bringing backgrounds in criminal prosecution or immigration enforcement.
- Greg Chen, senior director for government relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association, accused the administration of seeking to compel judges to "act as tools of enforcement, no impartial adjudicators."
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated the administration is committed to "restoring the rule to the law," while official job listings explicitly refer to new hires as "deportation judges.
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DOJ swears in record class of 82 immigration judges to tackle massive court backlog
The Department of Justice swore in 82 new immigration judges on May 20, 77 permanent and five temporary, in the largest single class in the agency’s history, as the Trump administration races to clear a backlog that still tops 3.5 million pending cases. The ceremony took place in the DOJ’s Great Hall in Washington, D.C....
President Trump’s DOJ Just Swore In the Largest Class of Immigration Judges in Agency History * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Jack
President Trump’s Department of Justice just made a record-breaking move to restore order to the nation’s overwhelmed immigration court system. The Executive Office for Immigration Review announced May 21 that it had sworn in 77 immigration judges and 5 temporary immigration judges at an investiture ceremony held the day before in DOJ’s Great Hall in Washington. It is the largest class of new adjudicators in EOIR history. The additions grow the …
President Trump's DOJ Just Swore In the Largest Class of Immigration Judges in Agency History
President Trump’s Department of Justice just made a record-breaking move to restore order to the nation’s overwhelmed immigration court system. The Executive Office for Immigration Review announced May 21 that it had sworn in 77 immigration judges and 5 temporary immigration judges at an investiture ceremony held the day before in DOJ’s Great Hall in Washington. It is the largest class of new adjudicators in EOIR history. The additions grow the …
Hey, Doomers, Trump Is Working on Illegal Immigration
The Trump administration this week hired more than 80 new federal immigration judges to expedite deportation cases. It’s also to deport illegal immigrants. That is according to Justice Department officials. The Justice Department, which oversees the U.S. immigration court system, swore in 77 permanent immigration judges and 5 temporary immigration judges. It’s apparently the largest group of immigration judges in immigration history. It’s also t…
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