Federal immigration judges fired by the Trump Administration over e-mail this month lashed out at Trump in an interview with CBS Night Information.
Greater than 100 immigration judges have been fired or resigned since President Trump took workplace this 12 months.
In July, 20 immigration judges have been fired.
Three of the fired judges – George Pappas, Jennifer Peyton and Carla Espinoza – spoke to CBS about their terminations. The disgruntled judges claimed they have been politically pressured by the Trump Administration to grant motions to dismiss circumstances.
“It was arbitrary, unfair,” George Pappas advised CBS Information of his abrupt firing. “And it’s an assault on the rule of legislation. It’s an assault on judges.”
“My e-mail was three sentences,” Jennifer Peyton whined. “I had no trigger. I had no clarification.”
“We as judges, have been in worry, we have been involved,” Carla Espinoza mentioned. “That makes it very troublesome to be neutral. We weren’t succumbing to that strain however it does really feel like strain.”
Payton whined that when the unlawful alien left the courtroom, ICE would handcuff them and whisk them away.
WATCH:
Former immigration judges are talking out after sudden firings by the Trump administration, alleging political strain and threats to due course of in an already overwhelmed court docket system. CBS Information’ @MauriceDuboisTV sat down with three judges who have been terminated in July by e-mail. pic.twitter.com/4JMjZEpNxj
— CBS Night Information (@CBSEveningNews) July 24, 2025
Excerpt from CBS Information:
George Pappas, Jennifer Peyton and Carla Espinoza have been all federal immigration judges fired this month by e-mail. The three dominated on hundreds of immigration circumstances in Chicago and Boston.
Pappas served as an immigration decide in Boston till this week, overseeing greater than 2,000 circumstances throughout his two years on the bench. Peyton led Chicago’s immigration court docket for practically 9 years, listening to hundreds of circumstances till she was abruptly fired over the 4th of July weekend.
Peyton oversaw Espinoza, who was appointed in 2023 and determined greater than 1,000 circumstances within the final fiscal 12 months, double the common for immigration judges.
Peyton advised CBS Information she acquired no cause for her firing. Immigration judges are below the authority of the Justice Division’s Government Workplace for Immigration Assessment.
