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😳 Tweeto administration announced Friday that it is petitioning to decertify the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) -- a move that, if successful, could give the administration more control over where judges are sent and how many cases they're expected to handle.
DOJ spokesperson said the department is submitting a petition to the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to look at whether the NAIJ’s certification of representation should be revoked, as it claims the judges meet the statutory definition of “management officials.” 
Should the administration be successful in decertifying the union, it would not give the admin a say over the decisions that judges make, but it would allow further supervision over work schedules, where judges are sent and the number of cases judges can complete every year.
The goal would be to have 659 immigration judges in place by sometime in 2020, officials said in the budget request.
