Image: Hernan Fednan, Creative Commons License
COURTSIDE EXCLUSIVE
By Paul Wickham Schmidt
Courtside has learned that the following eight Garland-appointed BIA Appellate Immigration Judges have been “reassigned” to staff positions: Geller, LeMelle, Kludt, Reilly, Brown, Nahas, Clark, and Borkowski. A ninth, unidentified AIJ was placed on “administrative leave.”
The reassignments of these key quasi-judicial officials appears to be related to a memo sent to all agency heads from OPM on Jan. 20, stating: “No later than January 24, 2025, agencies should identify all employees on probationary periods, who have served less than a year in a competitive service appointment, or who have served less than two years in an excepted service appointment, and send a report to OPM listing all such employees to employeeaccountability@opm.gov, with a copy to Amanda Scales at amanda.scales@opm.gov. In addition, agencies should promptly determine whether those employees should be retained at the agency.”
Expect further weaponization of EOIR against due process and fundamental fairness (which are EOIR’s actual mission)!
Due Process Forever! 🇺🇸⚖️🗽
PWS
01-30-25