UN experts concerned by Trump's removal of immigration judges

The Trump administration's removal of more than 100 immigration judges is undermining the independence of the courts and the U.S. justice system, a panel

of independent experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council said on Thursday.



Immigration judges, who are employees of the Justice Department, hear deportation cases including migrants' petitions for asylum and other protections from removal.



The U.N. panel called for the administration to stop what it described as "the mass arbitrary removal" of immigration judges and the continued politicization of immigration courts. An official at the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review said the agency continually evaluates all immigration judges on factors, including conduct and impartiality.