The Trump administration has recently removed 20 “midnight” immigration judges that the Biden administration had attempted to appoint in its final days, according to The Washington Times. This move involved the dismissal of 13 immigration judges appointed in late December and early January, as well as seven assistant chief immigration judges, all of whom were ousted on Friday, a Justice Department source revealed.
In a development that mirrors the earlier actions taken by the Biden administration upon its assumption of power in 2021—when it removed a number of last-minute Trump-appointed immigration judges—the Trump Justice Department has now undertaken a similar purge. Among those dismissed was Kerry Doyle, whose career trajectory is particularly notable. Previously a vocal critic of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Doyle was later appointed as ICE’s principal legal adviser.