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Gothamist
September 26, 2025

At least 6 immigration judges fired in NYC amid huge backlog of cases, union says
By Arya Sundaram


Kim said he received an email notice of his firing earlier this month. He had one of the highest approval rates in the region and country for asylum grants — a form of protection against deportation — granting 96% of such petitions from immigrants between 2019 and 2024, according to federal data published by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.


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