Immigration Bench Tightened
A federal immigration judge who ruled in favor of asylum requests 97 percent of the time has been fired by the Department of Justice. No other federal immigration judge was as lenient as Vivienne Gordon-Uruakpa of New York City, who apparently was let go by Attorney General Pam Bondi in the fall of 2025.
While the story has been largely ignored by the fake news, some 100 federal immigration judges have been discharged by the DOJ. They have been replaced by tougher judges over the past year as the Trump administration has sought to make it more difficult to enter America illegally.
Over the past quarter, for instance, only 20 percent of illegal aliens have had their asylum requests honored, while 80 percent have been sent home. Here’s more from Steve Turley.
