The Trump administration has canned 20 “midnight” immigration judges the Biden administration tried to shoehorn onto the courts in its final days, The Washington Times has learned.
Thirteen judges hired in late December and early January were ousted Friday, a Justice Department source said.
Seven assistant chief immigration judges were also axed.
The housecleaning matches one the Biden administration did when it took office in 2021, clearing out many Trump picks from the immigration courts.
Among the new firings, according to the department source, was Kerry Doyle. She had been a critic of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement before she was appointed to be ICE’s principal legal adviser.
While at ICE, she shepherded through lenient policies toward illegal immigrants. The Biden administration then tried to burrow her into the regular civil service by converting her from a political appointee, the department source said.
Ms. Doyle’s name was still listed on the court list of the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review as of Friday night.
Great. Immigration judges should enforce our laws, not cater to illegals.