Topic: Immigration Judges

Donald Trump confirmed that Florida will begin using National Guard JAG officers as temporary immigration judges to accelerate deportation hearings. This move aims to bypass the backlog in Article III courts where administrative judges have reportedly refused to process cases. The strategy relies on the Judicial Act and the commander-in-chief's executive authority to handle non-citizens during a border emergency.

Speaker Mike Johnson has suggested that Congress has the authority to eliminate entire district courts that violate the separation of powers. This legal strategy relies on the original intent of the founders, specifically Alexander Hamilton, regarding the limited jurisdiction of lower courts. The move follows President Trump's firing of numerous administrative immigration judges who refused to conduct deportation hearings for criminal aliens.

President Trump terminated 20 immigration judges for malfeasance related to a seven-year backlog in deportation hearings. Simultaneously, the Justice Department moved to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, suggesting the previous indictment was politically motivated. Adams is reportedly cooperating with Tom Homan to locate missing children tied to human trafficking networks.

An Obama-appointed federal judge ruled that illegal immigrants have a constitutional right to carry firearms under the Second Amendment. Jones argues that while the judge likely intended to prioritize non-citizens over Americans, the ruling inadvertently reaffirms the sanctity of the Second Amendment for all people. He notes that the ATF has previously encouraged gun shops to sell to non-citizens without standard identification.