Immigration Judges Are Not 'Low-Level' DOJ Employees - NAIJ Position Statement

NAIJ, March 2016- "In oral arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on February 16, 2016, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) argued that Immigration Judges are” low-level employees” similar to FBI agents, or so-called “line” Assistant U.S. Attorneys. This characterization was made in order to justify the refusal by the government to make public the names of Immigration Judges accused of misconduct either on or off the job in the lawsuit brought by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. (AILA v. EOIR, No. 15-5201 (D.C. Circuit). The National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ), on behalf of the Immigration Judges feels compelled to comment on this inaccurate assertion."