Labor/Employment,
Judges and Judiciary,
Immigration
Jul. 22, 2022
Immigration judges try again for union status, chief judge resigns
In December, the DOJ under President Joe Biden agreed to restore the union’s status. But the newest member of the three-member authority, Susan Tsui Grundmann, was not confirmed until May. Instead, James T. Abbott, a since-departed Trump appointee, cast the deciding vote rejecting the union’s status.
A group representing immigration judges is trying — again — to achieve union status.
On Thursday, the National Association of Immigration Judges petitioned the Federal Labor Relations Authority to reverse its April decision to revoke the group’s certification. That same day, Chief U.S. Immigration Judge Tracy Short announced his resignation.
The association’s union status has been caught in limbo because of the ...
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