Trump administration seeks to break up immigration judges' union

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Trump administration seeks to break up immigration judges' union
By Adam Shaw | Fox News

The Trump administration announced Friday that it is petitioning to decertify the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) -- a move that, if successful, could give the administration more control over where judges are sent and how many cases they're expected to handle.

A Department of Justice spokesperson said the department is submitting a petition to the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to look at whether the NAIJ’s certification of representation should be revoked, as it claims the judges meet the statutory definition of “management officials.”

A management official is defined as “any individual employed by an agency in a position the duties and responsibilities of which require or authorize the individual to formulate, determine, or influence the policies of the agency.” Such officials cannot be part of a bargaining unit like a union.   

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Union for judges??? 

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The administration has called for a number of measures to combat the migration crisis, including more immigration judges as well as fixes to “loopholes” that limit how long family units can be held in detention. In March, the DOJ said it was aiming to hire more than 100 new immigration judges and support staff, including hundreds of, “attorneys, judicial law clerks, legal assistants and administrative support staff, including interpreters.”

The goal would be to have 659 immigration judges in place by sometime in 2020, officials said in the budget request.

Implying that the problem is that the union is preventing the hiring of more immigration judges?