How Trump’s Quota Policy Transformed Immigration Judging

ELISE N. BLASINGAME, CHRISTINA L. BOYD, ROBERTO CARLOS and JOE ORNSTEIN, February 21, 2024

"In new research, Elise Blasingame, Christina Boyd, Roberto Carlos, and Joseph Ornstein explore how the Trump administration used a quota policy for immigration judges working under the Department of Justice’s purview to influence how they adjudicated cases. The authors find the policy successfully nudged more judges to rule against immigrant plaintiffs."