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fromKqed
1 day ago

Military Lawyers Called Up to Relieve a Shortfall in Immigration Judges | KQED

About 600 military lawyers were authorized as temporary immigration judges to address a nearly 4 million-case backlog amid accelerated arrests and significant EOIR judge losses.
fromTruthout
1 week ago

DOJ Says Temporary Immigration Judges No Longer Need Immigration Experience

The new rule, which went into effect on Thursday, permits the director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), with the U.S. Attorney General's approval, "to designate or select any attorney to serve" as a temporary immigration judge (TIJ) for a renewable six-month term. The notice states that the DOJ "declines to adopt any limitations on the number of extensions of the six-month periods or otherwise cap the length of a temporary appointment." The EOIR conducts immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearings.
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