CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Immigration judges are deeply concerned about a Trump administration plan to install military attorneys as immigration judges around the country, including in Chicago.
They are worried about what this could mean for due process, with reports of only a few weeks of training for attorneys before becoming an immigration judge and ruling on case law so complex it's considered second only to the tax code.
The ABC7 I-Team is learning there is at least one such judge now ruling on cases in Chicago and has been for several weeks.
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Carla Espinoza and Samuel Cole were longtime immigration judges in Chicago. After President Donald Trump took office, Espinoza says she was fired without cause.
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