https://www.openimmigration.us/judges/salinardi-jayme
They brought in a ringer with an exceptionally low rate of granting asylum.
A reminder that immigration judges do not have to be lawyers at all. Immigration court is not part of the judicial branch at all. They are part of the Executive, with no official job requirements, and essentially operate as another part of ICE.
From another source:
*That meant Salinardi could not look behind Rubio’s decision to examine the evidence supporting it, Taurel said.
“If the Secretary of State says the person is deportable, it is game over,” he told reporters Wednesday.*
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/us-judge-rules-wisconsin-mosque-leader-salah-sarsour-can-be-deported
Basically "you are being prosecuted, therefore we will convict you". The kind of judging that is normal in authoritarian countries like Russia, but runs contrary to liberalism. The only bright side is that they had to bring this judge in from out of state, which indicates that he might be an exception and that not all immigration judges are full-on authoritarian bootlickers (yet). That the prosecutors could bring in their preferred judge shows that the entire process is unfair, there's no separation of powers.
Land of the Free.*
*Terms and Conditions apply.
Everyone talks about the constitution like it's his magic document, a holy book of sorts, but from what I've seen it's never been that. The constitution only applies when they want it to.
The first, second, and third are dead, at least for anyone who disagrees with the regime.
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