Trump Administration Fires Boston Immigration Judge Who Issued Ruling in Öztürk Case

Trump administration fires Boston immigration judge who issued ruling in Öztürk case

Roopal Patel was terminated Friday, according to the New York Times. Her dismissal is one of the latest judge firings among dozens of others as the federal government moves to transform the nation's immigration courts.

Trump Fires Judges Who Blocked Deportations of Pro-Palestine Students

The judges involved in Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi’s cases have been fired.

Immigration judges who ruled in Öztürk, Mahdawi cases fired

Roopal Patel, a Boston immigration court judge, and Nina Froes, a Chelmsford immigration court judge, both received notice near the end of their standard-two year probationary periods.

Trump Fires Judges Who Blocked Deportations of Student Activists Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi

The Trump administration has fired six more immigration judges in its effort to reshape immigration policy and the immigration courts. Two of the fired judges, Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, had each dismissed high-profile cases brought by the government against international students who had advocated for Palestinian rights, Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi. Around 100 immigration judges have been fired by the Trump administration. Firings in pre

Trump administration fires Boston immigration judge who blocked Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk’s deportation - The Boston Globe

More than 100 immigration judges across the country have been fired since the start of the Trump administration, with the Boston and Chelmsford courts hit particularly hard by the purge.

A Muzzle to Teresa Riley, the chief immigration judge, for her silence over a censorious firing

ICE goons grab Rümeysa Öztürk near Tufts. Eleven months ago, I handed a New England Muzzle Award to Donald Trump’s thuggish immigration czar, Stephen Miller, for the arrest and detention of Rümeysa Öztürk. The Tufts University Ph.D. student’s only offense was to help write an op-ed piece in The Tufts Daily that was critical of Israel and sympathetic to the pro-Palestinian cause. Follow my Bluesky newsfeed for additional news and commentary. And …