To address a roughly 3.5 million-case backlog in deportation cases while firing adjudicators perceived as “soft” on noncitizen respondents, the Republican administration flooded social media with help-wanted ads. These seek, specifically, “deportation judges“: “immigration judge,” the position’s true title, isn’t used. Nativists have heeded the call, including one especially unqualified rightwing conspiracist and MAGA diehard who’ll begin hearing cases in April 2026.
