Trump Fires Judges Who Blocked Deportations of Pro-Palestine Students

The Trump administration is continuing to punish immigration judges who impede its deportation agenda.Judge Roopal Patel ruled in January that the administration did not have sufficient evidence to deport Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student studying at Tufts University on an F-1 student visa. On Friday, Patel received a pink slip, formally pushing her out of the federal judiciary.  Patel told The Boston Globe that she was not sure if her ruling in Öztürk’s case had affected her tenure. The W...