'This is nothing more than a desperate attempt by the DOJ to evade transparency and accountability,' said Judge Ashley Tabaddor, who serves as president of the National Association of Immigration
The Trump administration has been accused of trying to"evade transparency and accountability" with its new push to decertify the union representing immigration judges in the U.S.on Friday that the department had filed a petition to the Federal Labor Relations Authority seeking to know whether the National Association of Immigration Judges could have its certification revoked.
"This is nothing more than a desperate attempt by the DOJ to evade transparency and accountability, and undermine the decisional independence of the nation's 440 Immigration Judges," said Judge Ashley Tabaddor, who serves as president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, in a statement to NPR.
The relationship between immigration judges and the DoJ has long been a subject of debate, with the judges' union having publicly argued that the former should be separate from the latter. Unlike federal judges, however, immigration judges are appointed by the attorney general and are technically considered employees of the DOJ, ashas noted. As such, representatives of the immigration judges' union are able to speak publicly about any DOJ policies that are considered to be political.
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