""We're talking about people who've been here for years, waiting for their hearing. And the goalpost is literally moved as they're playing the game," she said. "But these are people's lives. It's not a game. It should be a lawful process.""
""I was in front of Judge O'Brien last week, and I mentioned to him that I heard he was retiring," Gorney said. "He told me that it wasn't his choice.""
"The statement said the agency is "restoring integrity" after what it described as the Biden administration's "de facto amnesty for hundreds of thousands of aliens.""
""All judges have a legal, ethical, and professional obligation to be impartial and neutral in adjudicating cases," the statement said."
Reduction in immigration court judges has caused frequent cancellations and multi-year rescheduling of hearings. Federal officers have recently arrested people in immigration courthouse halls. Immigration prosecutors have moved to close asylum cases and send immigrants to third countries that agreed to accept some deportees, including Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and Uganda. Attorneys report clients live in constant anxiety after years waiting for hearings while legal ground shifts. Several retiring San Francisco judges reportedly said their departures were not voluntary. The Executive Office of Immigration Review said it is restoring integrity and emphasized judges' obligation to be impartial.
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