Connecticut immigration judge terminated by Department of Justice

A Connecticut immigration judge was recently terminated by the Department of Justice.

NBC Connecticut Investigates has learned now former judge Theodore Doolittle lost his job in a wave of firings over the past two weeks.

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Doolittle posted about it on his Linkedin page.

“Received an outstanding performance evaluation from my supervisory judge before the end of my two-year probationary period, but nevertheless the new administration terminated me, along with a number of other Immigration Judges in my class, with no justification articulated,” Doolittle said in the post.

Court employees told NBC Connecticut Investigates about an incident in the spring when Doolittle tried unsuccessfully to intervene when a team of IC