Terminated Judicial Council 2-represented Immigration Judges, President Biggs, Speak at National Press Club on Purge, Threats to Due Process
Former National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 2)-represented Immigration Judges Emmett Soper, Anan Petit, and Ted Doolittle, along with IFPTE International President, Matt Biggs, addressed the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process at a National Press Club’s Headliners Newsmaker on November 13.
Since January 20, amid heightened immigration enforcement priorities under the Trump Administration, 82 immigration judges have been dismissed, including Judges Soper, Petit, and Doolittle, without stated cause, while dozens more have departed through early-out offers or retirement. At the same time, the already burdened immigration court system faces a backlog exceeding 3.4 million cases.
See CSPAN’s coverage of the discussion on a purge of federal immigration judges by the Trump Administration, threats to due process, and what the future of our nation’s immigration court will look like.
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PRESS ADVISORY: Terminated Immigration Judges, IFPTE President to Speak on Purge, Threats to Due Process at National Press Club
Three recently terminated federal immigration judges, members of the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 2), and IFPTE President Matthew Biggs will address the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m.
Doors open at 9:30 a.m. with the program starting promptly at 10 a.m.
The event will be live-streamed.