STORY: James McHenry has stepped down as director of the immigration courts.
During his tenure, the Trump administration executed a monumental overhaul of the way immigration judges worked.
The move is being celebrated by some within the court system.
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During his tenure, the Trump administration executed a monumental overhaul of the way immigration judges worked.
The move is being celebrated by some within the court system.
buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
Those changes: placing quotas on the number of cases judges should complete every year, ending their ability to indefinitely suspend certain cases, restricting when asylum can be granted, and pouring thousands of previously closed cases back into court dockets.
The quotas in particular have made judges feel as if they were cogs in a deportation machine, as opposed to neutral arbiters given time to thoughtfully analyze the merits of each case.
Dana Marks, the vice president of the NAIJ, the union that represents the judges, congratulated McHenry on his new role and looked "forward to working with Jean King, a well respected career employee at EOIR, as we address the many critical issues facing our courts.”
Another court employee messages: "Morale has already improved among staff and the announcement only came out two hours ago."
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