Immigrant ordered deported after Justice Dept. replaces judge
Washington CNN — Judge Steven Morley has overseen the immigrationcase of Reynaldo Castro-Tum for years. Instead, the Justice Department sent an assistant chief immigration judge from Washington to replace Morley for exactly one hearing: the one that ended Castro-Tum’s bid to stay in the US. The attorney general said immigration judges lack the authority to make such “administrative closures” of cases. “Our organization is extremely concerned and dismayed at the actions of the executive office for immigration review in this unprecedented incursion on judicial independence,” said immigration Judge Dana Leigh Marks, speaking in her capacity asthe president emeritus of the National Association of Immigration Judges. … It’s our worst fears come true.” In a letter from 15 retired judges and former Board of Immigration Appeals members, the group said this instance of interference from the Justice Department was “unacceptable.” “Immigration Judges must be afforded the independence to conduct fair, impartial hearings,” the group wrote.
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