Immigration Judges Admit Trump Is The Reason They’re Quitting

Yahoo.com ^ | 1/28/20 | Christina Marfice

[cotton1706]

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.

“There are a lot of cases I’m going to have to deny that I’ll feel sick over,” Honeyman said as he reached his breaking point and quit.

A. Ashley Tabaddor, a Los Angeles judge and president of the National Association of Immigration Judges union, called working under the Trump administration “unbearable.”

“Judges are going to other federal agencies and retiring as soon as possible,” Tabaddor said. “They just don’t want to deal with it.”

Jeffrey Chase, a former immigration judge from New York, has formed a group for all the judges nationwide who have quit under this administration’s rules. He said he now has 40 members.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Celebrate good times, c’mon !

Adios to judicial tyrants ! Impeach the rest !

[bk1000]

“ It’s a Norwegian Blue...”

She’s definitely pining for the fjords.

[fieldmarshaldj]

More disturbing than the barroom scene in “Star Wars.”

[Mr Ramsbotham]

They’re upset about having to obey the law.

[fieldmarshaldj]

We’re pining for her pining for the fjords.

[grobdriver]

Good riddance!

[jonrick46]

When ideology rules over fact-based evidence, you have tyranny. Too many judges have been blinded by ideology and think they know the truth. Postmodernism has gone on too long.

[chiller]

Nothing says WINNING quite like this !

[central_va]

They’re upset about having to obey the law instead of being virtual signaling heroes of the left.

Fixed it.

[gov_bean_ counter]

👍

[KevinB]

But dozens of immigration judges have reported that despite their efforts to stick out the presidency, they’ve just reached their breaking points.

Winning!

[TalBlack]

A bunch of lawless scum. They can’t make it all up as they go anymore.

[DoodleDawg]

Replace then on a five for one basis and do something about the backlog of cases.

[laconic]

Concur; they are “judges” about as much as the guy who chairs the local dance contest, pure bureaucrats so you can imagine what their politics are.

[central_va]

I am sure Christina wrote this thinking how upsetting this terrible and horrid turn of events would be to her readers. LOL! BEST NEWS EVAH!!!!!

These people are SO out of touch with reality.

[Josa]

More W I N N I N G

[MayflowerMadam]

Cry me a river. Quit already. What took ‘em so long?

[Flick Lives]

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.

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Sweet.

[Dixie Yooper]

If you love what you do for a living, you’ll never work a day in your life.

[Tudorfly]

Draining the swamp and winning! Keep America Great.