Trump Admin Adds Largest Class of Immigration Judges Ever

The United States Department of Justice under Donald Trump announced what officials described as a record expansion of the nation’s immigration court system, as the administration pushes to reduce massive case backlogs and accelerate deportation proceedings.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review said on May 21 that it had sworn in 77 immigration judges and five temporary immigration judges during an investiture ceremony held the previous day in the DOJ’s Great Hall in Washington.

According to EOIR, the group represents the largest class of new immigration adjudicators in the agency’s history.

The additions bring the total number of immigration judges nationwide to nearly 700.