President Donald Trump has fired about 20 percent of the immigration judges working at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza, the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.

Eight judges out of 42 were fired on Monday, The New York Times reported. That brings the total to more than 100 immigration judges out of 700 that have been fired or pushed out this year nationwide, Reuters reported.

For months, 26 Federal Plaza has been the site of chaotic and even violent arrests as masked federal agents have grabbed people showing up for routine check-ins.

The judges’ firings seemed to design to extend that culture of fear and uncertainty to inside the courtroom, with the goal of pressuring judges to crack down on the immigrants who appear before them, sources told the Times.

“The court has been b

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