Nicholas Nehamas

Yeah.

And the idea is basically that you flood the zone and a judge has to move so quickly that they're ordering deportations, perhaps because the immigrant hasn't been given a heads up on the fact that the hearing is happening and they don't show up.

or that they don't have a lawyer and can't properly defend themselves.

And so this new practice raises all sorts of question about due process and whether the administration is moving to circumvent it.

Well, it's become a real challenge.

And so the administration starts hiring dozens and dozens of new judges.

And for a lot of these judges, they don't have a ton of experience with immigration law, which lawyers say is a really complicated area of practice.

In hiring for these roles, the administration actually put out an ad specifically saying they were looking to hire, quote, deportation judges.

Not subtle.

It's very in your face.

And for Judge DeAndre, that new definition of the job and the lack of experience of these new judges are a problem because it could lead to bad rulings and worse outcomes.

Wow.

So, I mean, extending the, you know, the doctor analogy you made, it sounds like you're suggesting there could be a real impact on the immigrants coming before those new judges as they get up to speed.

I mean... She sees the changes that are happening during the second Trump administration as really bad for everyone involved, judges and immigrants.

Yeah.

And on top of that, the Trump administration is locking up so many people in detention centers, people who in previous administrations would have been free to wait their cases out on the outside.

People are just giving up.

Well, yes, you're right.

And the Trump administration will say that everything they're doing is absolutely legally within their power to do, and they're happy with the results.

Now, a few judges have sued over being fired, but even if they were to win, that's not going to derail the larger project.