Broadcast version by Edwin J. Viera for New York News Connection reporting for the Documented-Public News Service Collaboration At least seven New York City immigration judges were fired on Monday, including Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Amiena Khan ...

Former immigration judge Tania Nemer, who was fired in February, is now suing the Trump administration, alleging that she was discriminated against despite strong performance reviews. Nemer is one of about 100 immigration judges who have been fired or ...

Immigration advocates are sounding the alarm as more immigration judges are getting fired in San Francisco. ABC News reports more than 100 immigration judges have been fired this year nationwide with many in the Bay Area - something that is set to impact ...

The Trump administration is slashing the ranks of immigration judges in a drive to extend its broader crackdown to the administrative courts where they serve and speed up deportations. Many of the cuts are in liberal areas, according to a labor union that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An FBI agent waitsoutside a courtroom at New York-Federal Plaza Immigration Court in New York in June. (Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images) More than a quarter of federal ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Our immigration system plainly needs more judges, but we need magistrates to fairly consider asylum and other claims under the law — not seek to fill the Trump ...