8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (2)
#8308064 at 2020-03-03 15:54:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10636: Anons Don't Chock Under Pressure Edition
Immigration judge retires because Trump is turning courts into 'politburo rubber stamp'
An immigration judge in Philadelphia has stepped down from the bench early citing pressure from the Trump administration, which he says is turning the Immigration Court into a "politburo rubber stamp".
Speaking to the Philadephia Inquirer, Judge Charles Honeyman described how he left the bench earlier than he had planned after the government began taking a harder line on immigration and deportation cases.
"At some point I was just not comfortable," he told the paper.
Judge Honeyman is now joining the immigration law firm of Solow, Isbell, & Palladino, which specialises in immigration cases. There, he will provide litigation advice to clients facing deportation.
Immigrants subject to removal cases often struggle to gain legal representation in the court system, with up to two thirds going into their cases without counsel - radically reducing their chances of remaining in the US.
The Immigration Court system sits outside the judiciary and is governed instead by the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review. That means it is subject to direct political pressure from the administration, including instructions from the attorney general, whose interpretation of the law immigration judges are meant to follow.
At the moment, there is a backlog of one million cases awaiting processing. The Trump administration has put immigration judges under a 700 cases-per-year quota, but immigration rights groups have said the backlog is caused not by the workings of the courts but by the government's increasingly harsh policies.
The Trump administration has lately announced even tougher measures to crack down on undocumented immigrants already living in the US, including deploying tactical ICE teams to so-called "sanctuary cities" that refuse to assist the authorities in immigration enforcement.
Philadelphia is one such city, and recently won a case against the Department of Justice after it threatened to withhold millions of dollars in federal funds for law enforcement unless the city complied with new enforcement requirements.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigration-judge-retires-because-trump-112101173.html
#7959250 at 2020-01-30 00:35:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10186: It's Official, Congrats to Our Brit Brothers ! Edition
Immigration judges are reaching their breaking point with this administration's racist policies
This is a perilous time for a fair and passionate judge to leave the bench. By doing so, they risk having Donald Trump appoint their replacement, and considering Trump's policies and beliefs, that new appointee is pretty likely to have a harsh anti-immigration stance.
But dozens of immigration judges have reported that despite their efforts to stick out the presidency, they've just reached their breaking points. The Los Angeles Times spoke with dozens of judges who are quitting or taking early retirement because they simply cannot stomach having to enforce Trump administration policies on immigrants.
Immigration Judge Charles Honeyman served for 24 years on the bench, and thought he still had more time in him. But this month he quit. He told the paper he pushed back against Trump as best he could, doing things like granting asylum for domestic violence victims from other countries, even after the administration released an order saying domestic violence isn't a valid reason for asylum.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/immigration-judges-admit-trump-reason-114533279.html