US immigration judges leave the bench at high rates

The World

A record 35 immigration judges have left the bench in the past year. Turnover is the highest since record keeping began in 1997. Host Carol Hills speaks with Judge Ashley Tabaddor, the president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, about the immense backlog of cases and other issues judges are facing right now.

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