""At first it was a message that you better fall in line or you're going to get fired," said Jeremiah Johnson, a former immigration judge who worked in San Francisco's court until his termination last year. Now, "it's a message that your court is going to be closed.""
"EOIR spokesperson Kathryn Mattingly says the move to Concord "would be more cost-effective.""
"The judges who remain in the court this year now face some 120,935 immigration cases, according to Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse data as of September."
"Court employees and judges at the San Francisco Immigration Court received a short email last week letting them know that their court will be shutting its doors by the end of the year."
Federal officials announced the San Francisco Immigration Court will close by year-end and personnel will be transferred to the Concord Immigration Court roughly 30 miles away. Teresa Riley, the chief immigration judge, sent an email notifying staff. The closure follows increased pressure on immigration judges to speed case processing and streamline deportations. Twelve judges and a court supervisor received termination notices last year, and several others retired or left, reducing the bench from 21 judges at the start of 2025 to four judges and one supervisor at the start of this year. Remaining judges face approximately 120,935 cases to be transferred over the next year. EOIR says consolidation would be more cost-effective.
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