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Immigration Judges Admit Trump Is The Reason They’re Quitting
Yahoo.com ^ | 1/28/20 | Christina Marfice

Posted on 01/29/2020 2:56:34 AM PST by 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.

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To: fieldmarshaldj

Lol. True.


61 posted on 01/29/2020 4:50:40 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: kenmcg

Hey if there is a shortage I can pick up the slack. I have a pen and a phone.
Appoint me to work from home. I will pay for my own “petition rejected with prejudice” stamp.


62 posted on 01/29/2020 4:54:12 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: SkyPilot

So, the Queen of Lesbos, a wise Latina and the Avatar of Death walk into a bar...


63 posted on 01/29/2020 4:56:00 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Re: Revolution 2.0 / CWII - the side that owns the air wins)
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To: cotton1706

:: Tabaddor, a Los Angeles judge and president of the National Association of Immigration Judges union ::

So, they are loyal Democrat activists.


64 posted on 01/29/2020 5:03:47 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Republican Party: Freeing Americans since 1865.)
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To: 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 c...that new appointee is pretty likely to have a harsh anti-immigration stance.

LOL! Fair and passionate as opposed to executing the "harsh" law.

65 posted on 01/29/2020 5:05:25 AM PST by HarleyD
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To: cotton1706
Judges are going to other federal agencies ...

Cockroaches

66 posted on 01/29/2020 5:15:08 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: cotton1706

So they believe Trump will be elected again.


67 posted on 01/29/2020 5:15:10 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: cotton1706

MORE WINNING!
I’m not tired of it yet.


68 posted on 01/29/2020 5:17:50 AM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: cotton1706
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.

Me Me...pick Me!

I'd be really good at it.

"Name? Nationality? Papers?"

(GAVEL!!!)

GET OUT!!!

Next.

69 posted on 01/29/2020 5:18:00 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (We need to reach across the aisle, extend a hand...And slap the crap out of them)
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To: cotton1706

Judges?
They’re not really impartial judges; they’re deep state toadies.
Good riddance to them. Now conservatives judges can be appointed.


70 posted on 01/29/2020 5:20:16 AM PST by BuffaloJack ("Security does not exist in nature. Everything has risk." Henry Savage)
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To: cotton1706

No dejes que la puerta te golpee al salir..:)


71 posted on 01/29/2020 5:20:45 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: SkyPilot

Sonia Sotomayor, arguably the most racist and intellectually vapid member of SCOTUS in my lifetime (and I am closing in on 70), if not the whole of American history.

Here is one of her gems:

“Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, for jurists who are non-white, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.”

So much for objectiveness and impartiality.


72 posted on 01/29/2020 5:21:16 AM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Yes, this is great swamp draining news.


73 posted on 01/29/2020 5:21:31 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

You’re so mean! I bet you even sleep with your house locked at night so that “dreamers” can’t access a better place for them!


74 posted on 01/29/2020 5:21:45 AM PST by 3boysdad (The very elect.)
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To: cotton1706

So... much... winning...

NEVER getting tired of it.


75 posted on 01/29/2020 5:22:13 AM PST by DoughtyOne (It's a New Year, and time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll <hardly miss it and it will help.)
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To: cotton1706

Winning!


76 posted on 01/29/2020 5:24:05 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: cotton1706

The winning still continues at least. All the more reason to wrap up the phony fake impeachment in the Senate so that Trump can get back to appointing even more constitutional law and order minded judges to the federal benches.


77 posted on 01/29/2020 5:25:41 AM PST by Ron H. (Gab.com)
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To: cotton1706
"fair and passionate."

Oh brother.

78 posted on 01/29/2020 5:25:57 AM PST by tinyowl
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To: cotton1706
More winning!
79 posted on 01/29/2020 5:29:57 AM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: cotton1706

This is called WINNING!


80 posted on 01/29/2020 5:31:00 AM PST by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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