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Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges from backlogged courts

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On Friday , 13 judges who had yet to be sworn in and five assistant chief immigration judges were dismissed.

Immigration courts are backlogged with more than 3.7 million cases, and it takes years to decide asylum cases.

The firings touch on two top Trump priorities: mass deportations and shrinking the size of the federal government.

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