The notices went out quietly, just a three-line email with no fanfare and no explanation. However, the message was unambiguous: the era of activist immigration judges undermining the law has ended.Roughly 50 federal immigration judges have now been dismissed, despite the Biden-era backlog of more than three million cases clogging the system. President Donald Trump, now back in the White House, is making good on his promise to restore law and order, not just at the border but in the courtrooms too, El Pais reported.
As expected, the judges who obstructed deportations and granted privileges to illegal immigrants are protesting. No longer constrained by the dignity of their former positions, many are now going public with claims that their terminations were unfair, retaliatory, or even discriminatory.Jennifer Peyton, an Obama-era appointee who’s been on the bench since 2016, says she was on vacation with her family when the email arrived. No disciplinary record. Glowing reviews. And yet, out she went. She is blaming everything from conservative watchdogs to the tour she gave to Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin. Durbin, who chairs the same Judiciary Committee that has consistently attempted to obstruct Trump, referred to her removal as an “abuse of power.” But from the outside, it looks like the opposite: the swamp draining, one bureaucrat at a time.
The immigration judges’ union, not exactly a bastion of Trump support, says about 50 judges have been let go and another 50 transferred or nudged into retirement. Its president, Matt Biggs, claims the rest feel “threatened.” That’s what happens when a bloated bureaucracy used to zero consequences finally faces a reckoning.Carla Espinoza, a short-term judge in Chicago, claims her contract wasn’t renewed because of her gender and her Hispanic last name. However, the case she is primarily referencing? She released a Mexican national falsely accused of threatening the President, a man Homeland Security had flagged. Espinoza dismissed the case, calling it “fair.” Now she’s upset she lost her job.
In reality, these dismissals may be less about race or gender and more about decisions that directly contradicted the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. Does a judge who assists in removing someone Homeland Security deems as a threat suddenly appear taken aback by their dismissal? That’s not discrimination. That’s called consequences.
Erez Reuveni, a former DOJ lawyer who once defended Trump’s immigration policies, now says he was fired after refusing to label a deported Salvadoran a terrorist — even though, by his own admission, the case had been mishandled. He’s turned whistleblower, claiming DOJ leaders are fast-tracking deportations and overriding judges. But what he calls “manipulation,” millions of Americans would call long-overdue efficiency.
Reuveni claims senior officials are bypassing judges to get deportation flights moving. One of those officials, Emil Bove, was just confirmed to a federal appeals court by a Trump-aligned Senate. The same Democrats who spent years weaponizing the courts are now panicking because they’re losing control of them.
These firings, transfers, and confirmations are not chaos. They’re cleaning up. Trump didn’t just promise to secure the border. He promised to end the catch-and-release, rubber-stamp culture infecting the immigration system. That starts with holding judges accountable who have put their politics ahead of the law.
Some of these judges want to rally public sympathy, casting themselves as victims of a political purge. But the truth is, they’ve operated for too long without oversight. President Trump is restoring integrity to a system that has been abused for decades, and the ones making noise now are the same people who never imagined they’d be held responsible.
“One voice can be ignored. But a chorus… that can no longer be silenced,” Reuveni said
He’s right — except this time, the chorus isn’t from fired judges. It’s from the American people demanding a system that works. And finally, thanks to President Trump, they’re getting it.
Bondi Grand Jury Advances On Obama Officials Over 2016 Russia Report 
The Justice Department is investigating whether senior FBI officials mishandled classified materials
tied to the bureau’s Russia probe.
A source confirmed to
CBS News that the documents were discovered inside “burn bags” at FBI headquarters, containers usually reserved for destroying sensitive files. The materials are connected to Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s 2016 investigation into possible ties between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia.
FBI Director Kash Patel said last month that thousands of Russia-related files were uncovered in the bags, which he claimed had been hidden.
Patel later wrote on X, “We just uncovered burn bags/room filled with hidden Russia Gate files.”
The FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane during the 2016 campaign and continued it into Trump’s first term. Former Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller concluded Russia interfered in the election with the goal of helping Trump. Mueller did not accuse Trump or his aides of criminal coordination with Moscow.
A 2017 intelligence community report also found Russia sought to influence the election and developed a preference for Trump. Those findings have long been challenged by Trump and his allies, who have called the probe a hoax and a witch hunt.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents last month that she said undercut the 2017 report.
Gabbard accused Obama-era officials of a “treasonous conspiracy” and a “years-long coup” against Trump. She said she would refer the matter to the Justice Department for possible charges.
Former President Barack Obama’s spokesman Patrick Rodenbush dismissed the allegations as “bizarre” and “ridiculous.”
Patel, a frequent critic of the FBI, has argued the agency acted with bias and ignored protocol.
In 2023, he published Government Gangsters, describing the FBI as “thoroughly compromised” and part of a “Deep State” effort to undermine Trump. Years later, Trump-era special counsel John Durham described the investigation as “seriously flawed.
Now, the Justice Department is preparing for a federal grand jury that could focus on Obama officials involved in the 2016 assessment of Russian interference.
Attorney General Pam Bondi authorized prosecutors to examine statements and testimony from Obama-era leaders regarding Trump’s campaign and Russia.
The move directly targets what Trump has long called the “Russia Hoax.”