"We write about your decision to terminate the employment of multiple immigration judges who were hired during the Trump administration," Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, write in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
"If true, your termination of these immigration judges because of their political ideology suggests that the [DOJ] acted in violation of the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA), which specifically prohibits discrimination based on political affiliation," they explain.
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Fox News Digital announced in June that an unspecified number of Trump-era immigration judges, who were appointed in the latter days of the administration and whose two-year probationary periods expired, were removed by the Executive Office for Immigration Review. (EOIR)
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Judges who have been dismissed have explained to Fox that they think it is because they are out of step with the administration’s immigration opinions or in some cases, because of their past ties to conservative organizations.
They have further accused an antiquated system that enabled aggrieved attorneys to file baseless complaints. At the same time, one judge announced that some had been let go after being given just a few days to reply to multiple and usually vague complaints against them -- and were let go in virtual conference calls lasting mere seconds.
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There are 590 sitting immigration judges, and most of those on probationary periods are then moved to non-probationary positions. The DOJ has announced choices related to career civil service employees, who include immigration judges, are based only on performance, and the administration they were hired by plays no part in decision-making.
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A DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review spokesperson explained Fox News Digital that it does not comment on personnel matters.
Many Republicans have shown concern regarding the removals, with a letter by 12 House Republicans last month blaming the administration of "nefarious" motives. The immigration judges’ union has also complained about a lack of transparency and has requested reviews of three of the removals "to ensure that they were fully compliant with the law and that the probationary evaluation processes comport with fundamental fairness and sound labor relations."
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Jordan and Grassley tied the removals, which they think may be illegal, to the liberal immigration policies of the new administration.
"While such a purge is reprehensible and potentially illegal, it is no surprise in light of the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to open border, pro-illegal immigration policies," they write.
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