02/20/2016 Tungol Law Headline News "Justice Dept Describes Immigration Judges as Low-Level Gov’t Employees"

A Politico article describes oral arguments that took place in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation brought by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).  In American Immigration Lawyers Association v. Executive Office for Immigration Review, et al., No. 13-840 (D.D.C. filed June 6, 2013), AILA seeks disclosure of the names of Immigration Judges who have been the subject of disciplinary action.  (A copy of the complaint filed in district court is available here).

The article also notes that a counsel at the Department of Justice argued that immigration “judges are low-level employees, similar to FBI agents, Drug Enforcement Agency agents or so-called ‘line’ Assistant U.S. Attorneys.”

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