Trump took over immigration courts for mass deportation of immigrants The Washington Post reported that the administration of Donald Trump weakened the relative independence of the US immigration courts by removing about 100 immigration judges and replacing them with judges inclined 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 took over immigration courts for mass deportation of immigrants The Washington Post reported that the administration of Donald Trump weakened the relative independence of the US immigration courts by removing about 100 immigration judges and replacing them with judges inclined 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.