Immigration Judge Fired for Granting Too Much Asylum
A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer, Christopher Day, serving as a federal immigration judge, was swiftly terminated from his post barely a month into the job. His egregious offense, according to the Associated Press, was granting asylum or other relief to migrants at a "high rate"—six out of eleven cases—a rate apparently "out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals." One might
wonder if due process still includes actual 'process,' or if the verdict is now predetermined by political diktat. The AP notes vaguely that it's 'unclear why Day was fired,' despite immediately detailing his rulings that contradicted the administration's stated agenda. This isn't opacity; it's a feature. The system doesn't tolerate independent jurists when the marching orders are 'deport first,
ask questions never.' Justice, it seems, is only blind when it suits raw political power. (And apparently, 'federal data' is only questionable when it doesn't support the narrative.)