Trump Takes Over Immigration Courts With Mass Deportation The Washington Post reported that the administration of Donald Trump has weakened the relative independence of US immigration courts by removing about 100 immigration judges and replacing them with judges who tend to deport immigrants. In one such case, Karen Donoso Stevens, a veteran immigration judge in Virginia, was removed from handling immigration detention cases after the report said she was forced to change four of her rulings under pressure from superiors. These developments have sparked criticism of the Trump administration's political interference in the process of handling asylum requests and the dominance of deportation policies over judicial independence.

Trump Takes Over Immigration Courts With Mass Deportation The Washington Post reported that the administration of Donald Trump has weakened the relative independence of US immigration courts by removing about 100 immigration judges and replacing them with judges who tend to deport immigrants. In one such case, Karen Donoso Stevens, a veteran immigration judge in Virginia, was removed from handling immigration detention cases after the report said she was forced to change four of her rulings under pressure from superiors. These developments have sparked criticism of the Trump administration's political interference in the process of handling asylum requests and the dominance of deportation policies over judicial independence.