"On Tuesday, the AP reported that the Trump administration has decided to deploy 600 military lawyers-judicial advocate generals or "JAG" officers-to work at the Department of Justice as immigration judges. The order, approved by Secretary of Gender Binaries Pete Hegseth, is yet another violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, which is supposed to prevent the president from using the military to engage in domestic law enforcement."
"The idea is not legal, but when has that stopped the Trump administration before? The Supreme Court will most likely find some way to say hiring military officers as immigration judges is totally cool. It will be relatively easy for the court to do so, because the hiring and oversight of immigration judges is already one of the most broken things in our entirely broken immigration system-and this move takes advantage of that."
"Immigration judges are not "judges" in the common sense of the word. They're not like federal judges who are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. They're not like state court judges who are appointed by a governor, or elected by the people. Immigration judges are employees of the Department of Justice, hired by the attorney general, who has broad discretion over whom they hire and why."
The Trump administration decided to deploy 600 military lawyers (JAG officers) to the Department of Justice to serve as immigration judges. The order was approved by Secretary Pete Hegseth and contravenes the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars military involvement in domestic law enforcement. The Supreme Court is likely to approve the move despite legal doubts. The immigration-judge system lacks independence: immigration judges are DOJ employees hired by the attorney general and are subject to minimal oversight. The combination of politicized hiring, weak standards, and broad individual autonomy creates opportunities for abuse and authoritarian consolidation.
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