US immigration judges fight to have their union rights restored
December 9, 2021
President Biden was urged by US immigration judges to restore union rights taken away from them under the Trump administration. The head of the federal immigration judges’ union accused the Biden administration of “doubling down” on its predecessor’s efforts to strip US immigration judges of union rights. Currently, the association struggles with a backlog of almost 1.5 million court cases and staff shortages. The union remains shut out and silenced without a date set to hear its case attempting to restore its official union status. As a result, the immigration courts are short-staffed making it harder for judges to be fully prepared for hearings.
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