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Title

Playing Politics at the Bench: A White Paper on the Justice Department's Investigation into the Hiring Practices of Immigration Judges

Authors

Penn State Law Immigrants' Rights Clinic
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild

Files

Description

On behalf of the National Lawyers Guild National Immigration Project (NLGNIP), the Center for Immigrants' Rights (Center) at the Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of Law prepared a white paper facilitated by a government report on the politicized hiring of immigration judges. This white paper is based findings by the Department of Justice‘s Office of Professional Responsibility and Office of the Inspector General in their investigation of the illegal hiring of immigration judges during a period in the George W. Bush Administration. The recommendations presented here are a product of this analysis and extensive research on data produced by individuals and organizations committed to due process and justice in immigration law.

Publication Date

10-1-2009

Disciplines

Immigration Law

Recommended Citation

Penn State Law Immigrants' Rights Clinic and National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, "Playing Politics at the Bench: A White Paper on the Justice Department's Investigation into the Hiring Practices of Immigration Judges" (2009). Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic Publications. 6.
https://elibrary.law.psu.edu/irc_pubs/6