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.â€
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?