Justice Department want ad seeks ‘deportation judges’ to aid in crackdown

The Trump administration is advertising for “deportation judges” in its ongoing push to fill jobs to aid its mass deportation campaign.

The call for judges by the U.S. Department of Justice marks the latest step in an enforcement strategy that has spread from border cities to major metropolitan areas. It reflects an effort to speed up every step of the deportation process — from arrests to detention and the court rulings needed to remove people from the country.

The Department of Homeland Security amplified the recruitment effort on social media, urging attorneys to apply. “Bring down the hammer on criminal illegal aliens,” one post on X said. “Defend your communities, your culture, your very way of life.”

Despite the label “deportation judges,” the job description is standard for immig