Hiring judges from this add will lead to unfair hearings for many immigrants, years of litigation arguing due process violations, and further loss of DOJ's credibility.

If the government gets away with deporting immigrants based on the orders of partial judges, what will stop the government from punishing Americans in similarly biased systems?

Everyone on U.S. soil has due process rights, and weakening due process for immigrants in immigration court weakens that Constitutional right for everyone.

For immigration courts to be fair tribunals that meet due process requirements, judges must be impartial. DOJ's hiring campaign throws a heavy weight on the side of deportations, skewing the scales of justice.

This rhetoric has no place in our nation of immigrants.

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DOJ's ad is in line with the Department of Homeland Security's recruitment campaign highlighting white culture with images that harken back to late 1800's and early 1900's campaigns to demonize Italians, Irish, Chinese, and Jewish immigrants.

The ad says the judges will "define America," rhetoric similar to that used by Trump immigration aid Stephen Miller: "America is for Americans and Americans only." www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...

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Professor and former JAG Mark Nevitt and I explain why this isn't just a bad idea, it violates the Posse Comitatus Act's prohibition on military officers executing civilian laws.

Thank you, Julia!