Judge Holly D’Andrea

Well, a lot of the new judges have not had an immigration law background.

They put out an ad, and actually, we thought it was a joke at first.

I actually sent an email up because someone thought they had made a spam page to hire judges.

But they didn't.

It was real.

Anybody is able to eventually learn something, but it's kind of like taking a pediatrician and throwing them into general surgery.

That person is going to eventually maybe learn what they do.

They have the basic skill set to learn what they're doing.

But like, you know, a lot of people are going to die in the process while they learn what they're doing.

Now, that's not to say that any of these people that have just been hired, I don't know if they're good judges or not.

We don't know anything about them yet.

But, you know, there are concerns about training.

They've cut the amount of training that judges have.

before they actually take the bench.

Right.

As far as bias goes, you don't want anybody who's biased to deport any more than you want somebody who's biased to grant.

And, you know, it just kind of puts out there what the emphasis is on.

Like, we want you to deport people.

Like, it's sending that message.

Nobody wants to be detained in a prison-like setting.