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President Donald Trump fired top immigration officials at the Department of Justice quickly after taking office.Chief immigration judge Sheila McNulty; the office's general counsel Lauren Alder Reid; the office's general counsel, Jill Anderson; and acting Director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review Mary Cheng were fire, according to NBC News.The officials were civil servants and reportedly not given advanced warning.“My career Senior Executive Service colleagues and I are shocked and severely disappointed in the decision to remove us from our positions without notice or cause," Reid told the news outlet. "We have dedicated our careers to upholding the rule...

The acting head of the U.S. immigration court system and three other top officials were fired on Monday soon after President Trump took office, according to three people familiar with the matter, in a purge of the top echelon of a critical part of the government’s immigration system. The abrupt removals signaled that the Trump administration wants to remake the immigration court system, which is housed under the Justice Department, as part of a broader immigration crackdown that Mr. Trump began within minutes of being sworn in for his second term. Immigration judges oversee an essential part of the system:...