{"id":15696,"date":"2026-04-14T15:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15696"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:46:35","slug":"us-fires-more-immigration-judges-including-two-who-blocked-deporting-pro-palestinian-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15696","title":{"rendered":"US fires more immigration judges, including two who blocked deporting pro-Palestinian students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration has \u200bfired more immigration judges, including two who blocked the federal government&#8217;s deportation attempts against pro-Palestinian \u200cstudents, a union representing immigration judges said.<br>The National Association of Immigration Judges said on Monday that overall, six immigration judges were fired last weekend and three were fired on Good Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260414154555.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260414154555.png 916w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260414154555-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260414154555-768x616.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With these most recent terminations, 113 immigration judges \u200bhave now been fired since January of last year without due process, cause or \u200bexplanation,&#8221; the union said, calling the firings &#8220;wrong and unjust.&#8221; It was very rare \u2060for immigration judges to be fired before Trump returned to the White House, the union said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Massachusetts \u200bjudges Roopal Patel and Nina Froes had blocked the Trump administration&#8217;s attempts to deport Tufts University PhD \u200bstudent Rumeysa Ozturk and Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, respectively.<br>The judges could not immediately be reached for comment. Patel, a Boston immigration court judge, and Froes, a Chelmsford immigration court judge, both received notice near the end of their standard-two year \u200bprobationary periods when they were fired on Friday, they both told GBH News, opens new tab. Both were appointed during \u200bformer President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration.<br>The Trump administration has pursued an immigration crackdown condemned by rights groups as being in violation \u200cof due \u2060process and free speech. Advocacy groups say it has created an unsafe environment for minorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump has particularly cracked down on pro-Palestinian voices by attempting to deport foreign students, threatening funding freeze for universities where protests were held and ordering screening of immigrants&#8217; online comments. 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