Defense Department Plans to Dispatch 600 Legal Professionals to Temporarily Serve as Immigration Magistrates
The Trump administration has taken a significant step towards addressing the backlog of immigration cases, with the deployment of up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department. According to a memo dated Aug 27, the first round of people for this deployment should be identified by next week.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order for the deployment, which is scheduled to commence "as soon as practicable." The military will send groups of 150 attorneys, both military and civilian, to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges.
The deployment is being managed by the military services, and the details of this deployment will initially last no more than 179 days but can be renewed. The White House official stated that the matter of immigration case backlog should be a priority, and everyone, including those waiting for adjudication, can rally around resolving it.
The deployment of military lawyers is a response to a request from the Department of Justice. A DOJ spokesperson referred questions about the plan to the Defense Department, while Pentagon officials directed questions to the White House.
However, the search results do not provide information on who submitted the request for the dismissal of up to 600 military lawyers to become labor judges in the Ministry of Justice. The deployment of military lawyers is for the purpose of serving as temporary immigration judges.
The Trump administration is also considering hiring additional immigration judges to help resolve the backlog of immigration cases. This move is part of a broader effort to streamline the immigration process and ensure fair and timely adjudication of cases.
As the deployment of military lawyers to the Justice Department as temporary immigration judges is underway, more information is expected to be released in the coming days. The deployment is expected to bring much-needed relief to the overburdened immigration system and help clear the backlog of cases.
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