Labor/Employment,
Judges and Judiciary,
Immigration
Dec. 8, 2021
DOJ recognizes immigration judges’ union again
Immigration judges are Justice Department employees, and former Attorney General William Barr successfully argued last year they are management officials who influence policy and that their union should be decertified as a result.
Reversing a year-old decision, the U.S. Department of Justice agreed Tuesday to a settlement with the National Association of Immigration Judges to again recognize it as the bargaining unit for those jurists.
The deal was struck a few hours after a hearing started between the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review and the union, which represents more than 500 immigration judges around the country.
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