Inside Trump's purge of US immigration courts
Trump spent much of 2025 purging the beleaguered immigration courts. 55 immigration judges were fired, and another 80 retired.
He then went to MAGA central casting to appoint America's new top immigration judge, retired Marine Corps Col. Daren Margolin.
He has hired roughly 50 temporary military attorneys, known as JAGs, to expand the ranks — with plans to add more.
