A source tells ‘Courtside:”
I just learned the other day about these Unit Chief IJ positions. They are apparently meant to undermine the IJ’s union by creating more management-level IJs (along with the Appellate Immigration Judges) who can’t join the union, and also to create yet another layer of bureaucracy, with the unit chiefs now sitting between the rank-and-file IJs and their ACIJs.
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Yet more layers of bureaucracy in Garland’s failed and dysfunctional “courts!” Where’s the oversight from Dems of Garland’s failed DOJ?
Garland needs “Unit Chief IJs” like a hole in the head! Whoever heard of such nonsense in a “real” court system? End the wasteful, bloated, incompetent bureaucracy @ EOIR! What we need is progressive, independent judges driven by due process and fairness for all!
Due Process Forever!
PWS
04-27-21
Addendum:
Another source described the Unit Immigration Judge as not a another layer of supervision but rather a “sitting IJ” who would supervise law clerks and legal assistants while reporting to an ACIJ. In any event, it’s obviously a gimmick to keep some new IJ hires from becoming eligible to join the NAIJ. It also appears to be a yet another “holdover scheme” from the deposed Director McHenry.
The lack of attention to the ungodly mess at EOIR from Team Garland and the Biden folks is appalling!
PWS
04-27-21