In Philly immigration court, a judge is replaced after delaying man's deportation
Updated: August 1, 2018 — 1:03 PM EDT
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gestures during a news conference in Boston last week.
by Jeff Gammage,
The Justice Department replaced a Philadelphia immigration judge who had asked for more legal information in a deportation case, inserting a new jurist who quickly ordered the defendant removed from the United States, according to a letter of protest signed by 15 retired judges.
The ouster of Judge Steven Morley from the case marks the latest attack on judicial independence by a Justice Department led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the judges wrote.
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