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Borderless Magazine |
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August 4, 2026 |
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Immigration Courts Were Never Independent. Why The President Is Testing The Limits. By Molly A. Wallace |
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Since McNulty, Espinoza, Pappas and over 100 other immigration judges were fired last year, many of the immigration judges who remained on the bench — as well as those hired by the Trump administration to fill new vacancies — have acquiesced to the pressure. The asylum-granting rate decreased by nearly half from August 2024 to August 2025, according to federal data analyzed by Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. |
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