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Florida Will Deputize National Guardsmen as Immigration Judges: Trump
The Epoch Times ^ | 7/1/2025 | Jacob Burg

Posted on 07/01/2025 7:04:10 PM PDT by T Ruth

President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed on July 1 that the Sunshine State will soon start deputizing its National Guardsmen as immigration judges to expedite deportation decisions.

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“We’re offering up our National Guard and other folks in Florida to be deputized to be immigration judges. We’re working with the Department of Justice for the approvals,” DeSantis said during a joint press briefing.

Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 20 empowering governors to deputize state law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration laws.

“Ron’s already taken advantage of it,” Trump said on Tuesday. “He has my approval.”

DeSantis said he will install a National Guard judge advocate at Alligator Alcatraz to offer defendants a rapid notice to appear, giving them one to two days before their hearings so “they’re not going to be detained, hopefully for all that long.”

The governor said he’s trying to cut through federal bureaucracy to quicken the process.

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President Trump suggested it would take three days to get a hearing rather than the three years under the Biden regime.
1 posted on 07/01/2025 7:04:10 PM PDT by T Ruth
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To: T Ruth

Do they get camouflage robes and full-auto gavels?


2 posted on 07/01/2025 7:07:19 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (I refuse to call the left "progressive" because I do not see slavery to the government as progress.)
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To: T Ruth

Unless the “deputized” national guard soldiers have the authority to find people eligible for asylum or parole into the country, the inevitable court challenge will snuff this nonsense out.


3 posted on 07/01/2025 7:11:22 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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To: T Ruth

Like POTUS asked ... Why aren’t other states doing this????

Cough, cough ... Abbott .... Sanders ... McMaster.....Reynolds....Youngkin....Stitt ... etc., etc.


4 posted on 07/01/2025 7:12:38 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

the inevitable court challenge will snuff this nonsense out.


What nonsense?


5 posted on 07/01/2025 7:13:18 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Bob Wills is still the king; Jane Long

Seven years a lawyer is all that is required. There are lawyers in the National Guard. Not nonsense
https://myattorneyusa.com/immigration-news/general-requirements-for-being-an-hired-as-an-immigration-judge/


6 posted on 07/01/2025 7:18:15 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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DeSantis said he will install a National Guard judge advocate

It sounds like they are going to use JAG officers, that is, lawyers. Any neo-Bolsheviks who sue will have to thread a narrow passage to stop this without damaging the bureaucratic deep state. The deep state needs to keep the institution of administrative law judges.

7 posted on 07/01/2025 7:19:35 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: j.havenfarm

Why would the qualifications for an immigration judge be higher then for a magistrate judge; they keep saying that illegal immigration is not a felon but a misdemeanor?


8 posted on 07/01/2025 7:25:31 PM PDT by Segovia
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To: j.havenfarm
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/us-citizenship/Certificates-Non-Citizen-Nationality.html

An interesting status.

"Must have an LL.B or J.D. degree; Must be duly licensed and authorized to practice law as an attorney under the laws of a state, territory, or the District of Columbia; Must be a U.S. citizen or national (noncitizen nationals qualify); and Must have a minimum of seven years of relevant post-bar admission legal experience at the time the application is submitted.

It is important to note that those who are neither citizens nor nationals are not eligible to be immigration judges. This includes lawful permanent residents."

9 posted on 07/01/2025 7:26:30 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Bob Wills is still the king
Unless the “deputized” national guard soldiers have the authority to find people eligible for asylum or parole into the country, the inevitable court challenge will snuff this nonsense out.

Immigration Court is part of the Executive Branch and not part of the Judicial Branch. The Chief Executive has the power to pick immigration judges. Your post is "nonsense".

10 posted on 07/01/2025 7:35:07 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: j.havenfarm; Bob Wills is still the king
There are lawyers in the National Guard. Not nonsense...

Exactly!

n00b Bob Wills is the one spouting nonsense. Even Texas has been doing this, for months ...

I announced this weekend that we are deputizing the Texas National Guard members to help secure the border.

They can be a force multiplier to arrest the bad guys and keep our nation safe. pic.twitter.com/EiHRan0D8m— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) February 3, 2025


11 posted on 07/01/2025 7:36:02 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: T Ruth

Gotta love it!

President Trump’s always on the offensive for MAGA


12 posted on 07/01/2025 7:38:20 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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From Google:

There are more than 2,800 Judge Advocates in the Army Reserve and National Guard. The Army Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps has approximately 1,850 uniformed lawyers (JAGs) on active duty and over 2,800 in the Reserve and National Guard.

13 posted on 07/01/2025 7:50:30 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: KarlInOhio

>Do they get camouflage robes and full-auto gavels?

Yes, they also get that shoulder thing that goes up


14 posted on 07/01/2025 8:08:31 PM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: T Ruth

DeSantis must be Trump’s successor.


15 posted on 07/01/2025 8:21:40 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Nothing inflames unrest in the delusional, and nothing inflames unrest in the evil, like TRUTH.)
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To: T Ruth

4-D CHESS HAS BEEN BYPASSED——

WE ARE NOW ON 5-D CHESS


16 posted on 07/01/2025 8:21:44 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Savage Beast

Him or J.D Vance.


17 posted on 07/01/2025 8:36:16 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: T Ruth

It will be much easier to fill the Guard ranks with former JAGs. There are tons of former military judges retired in Florida.


18 posted on 07/01/2025 8:42:32 PM PDT by Salvavida (NS)
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To: T Ruth

Are any of those TV judge reality shows still on? They could fill the role.

The late and great judge....

Sammy Davis, Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F7dzYLGV7SE


19 posted on 07/01/2025 8:56:32 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Savage Beast

I’m all in for that.


20 posted on 07/01/2025 9:29:15 PM PDT by clintonh8r (The truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth. )
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