"I didn't expect not to be able to finish the hearing that day. I felt sad to be leaving a job I had dedicated so much effort and care to. And, of course, I felt uncertain about what would happen next in my life, she recalls in a telephone interview with EL PAIS. She had an hour and a half to gather her belongings and leave the courthouse."
"Hers is not an isolated case. In San Francisco alone, the Justice Department has fired seven judges since April, 25% of the total, and in the Sacramento court, only around half of the 11 judges remain. This area of California has been hit hard by the unexplained dismissals ordered by the Trump administration, which have occurred throughout the country. Of the nearly 800 immigration judges, 139 have been fired, taken an early-out offer, or been involuntarily transferred."
On August 22 Chloe Dillon was abruptly dismissed from the San Francisco immigration court by a terse, three-sentence email from the Executive Office for Immigration Review and given ninety minutes to gather her belongings and leave. Dillon had been hired in September 2022 and was her family's primary income and health insurance source, leaving her family financially vulnerable. Similar unexplained dismissals have affected many courts: seven judges in San Francisco since April, roughly half of Sacramento's judges gone, and nationally about 139 of nearly 800 immigration judges fired, taken early-out offers, or involuntarily transferred, creating widespread disruption.
Read at english.elpais.com
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