What did Donald Trump claim about immigration on 19 Jun 2018?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
And it got so crazy that all of these thousands — we now have thousands of judges — border judges — thousands and thousands.
There were never thousands of immigration judges. The Justice Department's immigration courts had 338 judges on board in fiscal 2017 and 395 in fiscal 2018.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review reports 338 immigration judges on board in fiscal year 2017 and 395 in fiscal year 2018; even in fiscal 2026 the total was 753 (U.S. Department of Justice, EOIR Adjudication Statistics: Immigration Judge (IJ) Hiring).
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- Remarks at the National Federation of Independent Business 75th anniversary celebration, Hyatt Regency Washington, Washington, D.C.
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