DOJ onboards historic number of immigration judges
The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it swore in a record number of new immigration judges, as the Trump administration seeks to deport a historic number of illegal immigrants.
TL;DR
- The Department of Justice swore in a record number of new immigration judges.
- This is the largest immigration judge class in the office's history.
- The move aims to speed up deportation cases and the administration's immigration agenda.
- A record 800,000 illegal immigrants have already been removed.
- There are nearly 3.8 million pending deportation cases as of mid-2025.
- Reducing the immigration court backlog is a high priority for the DOJ.
- 153 permanent immigration judges were hired in the current fiscal year, the most in agency history.