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UN Panel Decries Trump’s Mass Firing of 100+ Immigration Judges

7/17/2026

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The United Nations Human Rights Council panel called the dismissals a mass arbitrary removal.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration removed more than 100 immigration judges, the American Immigration Lawyers Association says.
The panel warned the firings undermine court independence and turn courts into deportation tools.
The departures cut the judges available to process the surge in immigration cases.
Several former immigration judges have sued the Justice Department for wrongful termination.

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The United Nations Human Rights Council panel called the dismissals a mass arbitrary removal.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration removed more than 100 immigration judges, the American Immigration Lawyers Association says.
The panel warned the firings undermine court independence and turn courts into deportation tools.
The departures cut the judges available to process the surge in immigration cases.
Several former immigration judges have sued the Justice Department for wrongful termination.