NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of ...

The Trump administration has fired dozens of immigration judges this year, making it much harder for courts to a chip away at a multi-million-case backlog.

People walk past a federal agent as he patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on Oct. 15 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (Michael M.

The Justice Department has hired 36 immigration judges, including 25 temporary ones, for its Executive Office for Immigration Review, marking the first class to join the immigration courts after ...