Reminder immigration judges are not real judges
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2025
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So, what is the information he failed to disclose? That’s kind of an important detail.
Several paragraphs in to this article,
Comans then sided with the government on a separate claim, finding that Khalil had “willfully misrepresented” facts about his background on his green card application, including his role in a United Nations agency that provides services to Palestinian refugees.
Khalil has maintained that any omissions on the application were unintentional.
Also (I'm heavily paraphrasing but this is more or less from the article too) the judge's response to "doesn't it seem totally insane to call working for the UN a deportable offense?" is "I don't make foreign policy decisions, that's the presidents job and he cannot be questioned"
and he cannot be questioned
Literally judicial malpractice.
Immigration judges aren't actual judges. They are in the executive branch.
Did I stutter?
The entire core concept is judicial malpractice!
An important detail... that is in the article.
The system never cared that he was wrongfully detained and deported. They only cared that proper procedure wasn't followed while committing crimed against humanity. In short, they simply wanted the time and space to wave symbols of their power around before letting the fascist do whatever he wants. In this political climate, when two judges give conflicting orders, whose do you think is going to end up being enforced?
Being this cynical is uncalled for and doesn't help anything. Most judges (not this one) care about following laws.
There is usually no judge around when people get detained.