DOJ Eases Rules For Temporary Judges As Nearly 100 Immigration Judges Ousted; Hartford, SF Dockets Strained
NBC Connecticut|Sep 6, 2025
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NBC Connecticut reports the administration loosened rules for hiring temporary immigration judges while ousting or pressuring nearly 100 sitting judges. TRAC data shows wide disparities in asylum outcomes; Hartford’s four-judge court denies most claims, while San Francisco lost judges with very high grant rates, including Ila Deiss, whose 6% denial rate leaves roughly 6,000 cases in limbo. The moves raise due-process and politicization concerns and risk worsening backlogs in key courts.
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