Military Lawyers to Temporarily Serve as Immigration Judges Amid Backlog
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The U.S. is temporarily deploying around 600 military lawyers as immigration judges to address a backlog of nearly 4 million cases, with 150 expected to start soon, following changes that lowered qualification requirements and increased funding for immigration enforcement.
- Military lawyers called up to relieve a shortfall in immigration judges NPR
- Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges AP News
- Pentagon plans for 600 military lawyers to backfill immigration judges The Washington Post
- Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges The New York Times
- Military lawyers will serve as immigration judges as courts face massive backlog PBS
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