Inside Trump’s push to hire 140 new immigration judges - many with little to no experience in the field: report

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsInside Trump’s push to hire 140 new immigration judges - many with little to no experience in the field: reportImmigration judges are not part of the judicial branch and ultimately work for Trump’s Justice DepartmentRhian Lubin in New York Monday 27 April 2026 21:42 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2965951","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-immigration-judges-experience-b2965951.html","title":"Inside Trump’s push to hire 140 new immigration judges - many with little experience"}}CloseHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin repeats claims the US wants 'the right kind of immigrants'Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSectio...