Results 1 to 9 of 9
Like Tree2Likes

Thread: Immigration judges are retiring and quitting early due to job stress

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Senior Member JohnDoe2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    PARADISE (San Diego)
    Posts
    99,040

    Immigration judges are retiring and quitting early due to job stress

    Immigration judges are retiring and quitting early due to job stress

    Multiple judges have buckled under the pressure of the Trump administration's stringent immigration laws.

    ByAlexandra Kelley



    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Story at a glance

    • Immigration judges are quitting and retiring at quicker levels due to frustration with their positions.
    • Having to work through up to 700 cases a year, judges do not feel that they can work within a “fundamentally unfair” system.
    • While new judges are quickly replacing empty seats, they face a battle against the U.S. Department of Justice as to whether or not they can unionize.


    Immigration judges are quitting or retiring early at faster than average rates, according to the Los Angeles Times. Judges across the country are reportedly finding it difficult to guarantee an immigrant defendant’s right to due process under President Trump’s strict immigration laws.

    A. Ashley Tabaddor, an immigration judge based in Los Angeles and president of the National Association of Immigration Judges union, said that “We’ve seen stuff which is unprecedented — people leaving the bench soon after they were appointed.”


    “Judges are going to other federal agencies and retiring as soon as possible. They just don’t want to deal with it. It’s become unbearable.”


    This could potentially be offset by the spike in appointing immigration judges seen over the course of Trump’s presidency. A graph from the U.S. Department of Justice shows a solid upward trajectory in the number of immigration judges hired since 2010. In 2019, a record-high 94 immigration judges were appointed.


    Moreover, the judges who appear to be resigning from judicial posts early say that “they would have gladly worked another five or 10 years, but they just reached a point under this administration where they can’t,” said Jeffrey Chase, a retired New York City immigration judge.


    The fluctuations come at an unwelcome time; applications for asylum reached a high at 200,000 last year, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security filed 443,000 cases for deportation, according to the Los Angeles Times.


    The strife is hardly new, with Trabaddor speaking as president of the National Association of Immigration Judges at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., about the 700-case quota the Trump administration required judges to meet in 2018, a rule still in effect today.


    “This is an unprecedented act which compromises the integrity of the court and pressures judges to quickly complete cases, possibly pitting their job security against the interests of immigrants,” said Trabaddor in 2018.


    Conversely, the director of the Department of Justice, James McHenry, believes the quota to be working, citing an average of 708 cases being completed per judge, and complaints against judges decreasing.


    “These results unequivocally prove that immigration judges have the integrity and competence required to resolve cases in the timely and impartial manner that is required by law,” McHenry stated in a hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


    Regardless, the testimonies of immigration judges who have been claiming “morale has never, ever been lower” since 2018 reports and a backlog spiking to 1 million cases in January 2020 were enough for the Trump administration to call for the decertification of the National Association of Immigration Judges in October 2019.


    In response, the union paired with the Law Firm Latham & Watkins to defend its right to organize. The Federal Relations Authority Board is reportedly expected to decide on it next year.

    https://thehill.com/changing-america...quitting-early

    NO AMNESTY

    Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.


    Sign in and post comments here.

    Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  2. #2
    MW
    MW is offline
    Senior Member MW's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    North Carolina
    Posts
    25,717
    I suspect many of those leaving are ones hired during Dem administrations. In the long run we're probably better off without them.

    "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**

    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts athttps://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  3. #3
    Senior Member Captainron's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    8,279
    No it's not job stress. Nearly all public employees have super cushy 'retirements'. They are probably going into private immigration law practice, since most lawyers are adept at playing both sides of the fence.
    "Men of low degree are vanity, Men of high degree are a lie. " David
    Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)

  4. #4
    Senior Member JohnDoe2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    PARADISE (San Diego)
    Posts
    99,040
    12/23/2019

    Attorney General adds 28 immigration judges, including two in California border court


    12/27/2019

    "Over the past year, in the heat of a border migration crisis, 45 judges have left"

    Immigration judges quit in response to administration policies
    NO AMNESTY

    Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.


    Sign in and post comments here.

    Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  5. #5
    Senior Member JohnDoe2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    PARADISE (San Diego)
    Posts
    99,040
    “We’ve seen stuff which is unprecedented — people leaving the bench soon after they were appointed.”
    NO AMNESTY

    Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.


    Sign in and post comments here.

    Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  6. #6
    Moderator Beezer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Posts
    30,909
    Set up Federal Tent City on Federal Land with a PANEL of Federal Judges to hear these cases.

    These Judges can work 3 shifts around the clock.

    Change our laws, close loopholes, deport, deport, deport!


    Serve time and/or deport on the spot!

    Get these illegal aliens out of our local jails and jurisdiction.

    Mandatory hand them over to ICE within 48 hours for transportation to Federal Tent City!!!

    Fast track these illegal aliens back home before they disappear or commit crimes against the American people.
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

  7. #7
    Senior Member JohnDoe2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    PARADISE (San Diego)
    Posts
    99,040
    Quote Originally Posted by Beezer View Post
    . . . These Judges can work 3 shifts around the clock . . .
    Judges are already quitting. If you try to make them work 4:00 pm to midnight or midnight to 8:00 am many will quit. Most of them can make more money in private practice.

    12/27/2019

    "Over the past year, in the heat of a border migration crisis, 45 judges have left"

    Immigration judges quit in response to administration policies
    NO AMNESTY

    Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.


    Sign in and post comments here.

    Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  8. #8
    Senior Member JohnDoe2's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    PARADISE (San Diego)
    Posts
    99,040
    NO AMNESTY

    Don't reward the criminal actions of millions of illegal aliens by giving them citizenship.


    Sign in and post comments here.

    Please support our fight against illegal immigration by joining ALIPAC's email alerts here https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  9. #9
    Moderator Beezer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Posts
    30,909
    END ALL ASYLUM...NO MORE JUDGES!

    NO MORE BACKLOG!


    SEND THESE ILLEGALS BACK HOME AND WE SHOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR THIS!

    WE ARE NOT THE DUMPING GROUND FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD!
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

Similar Threads

  1. U.S. judges vote for early release of more than 46,000 drug offenders
    By working4change in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 10-06-2015, 09:05 PM
  2. Stress, emotion affect Immigration Court judges
    By JohnDoe2 in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 02-19-2014, 01:11 PM
  3. Replies: 1
    Last Post: 02-07-2014, 02:56 AM
  4. CA: Study cites stress among busy immigration judges
    By Jean in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 09-19-2009, 08:30 AM
  5. Former NC sheriff quitting federal immigration job
    By FedUpinFarmersBranch in forum Other Topics News and Issues
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 08-26-2008, 11:51 AM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •