Union: Exodus of Immigration Judges Impacts Deportations

A union that represents immigration judges is sounding the alarm that the exodus of immigration officials from the Trump administration could adversely impact millions of deportations.

Matt Biggs, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, told multiple media outlets that more than 100 immigration officials have either been laid off or have accepted deferred resignation or early retirement.

“How do you deport people without immigration judges?” Biggs asked ABC News. “It’s highly hypocritical. It runs contrary to what [President Donald Trump] campaigned on. He’s making it more difficult to deport people from this country. It makes no sense at all.”

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