National Association of Immigration Judges
The National Association of Immigration Judges is a union of judges, with the stated mission "to promote independence and enhance the professionalism, dignity, and efficiency of the Immigration Courts". Members are judges that work in the United States' Executive Office for Immigration Review, commonly known as the "Immigration Court".
For employment purposes, Immigration judges are categorized as attorneys, not judges, by their employer, the Justice Department.
History[edit]
The union was founded in 1971, and was designated as the collective bargaining representative in 1979. In 2000, the union became affiliated with the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.[1]
Decertification attempts[edit]
In 2000, the Clinton administration attempted to decertify the union, arguing that the judges are managers who can’t form unions under the Federal Service labor-Management Relations statute but the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) determined that the immigration judges were not managers.[2][3]
In 2019, the Trump administration also began efforts to decertify the union.[4][5] This was again rejected by the FLRA on July 31, 2020.[6][7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "About | National Association of Immigration Judges".
- ^ "U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office of Immigration Review, Office of the Chief Immigration Judge (Petitioner/Agency) and National Association of Immigration Judges (Labor Organization/Union)" (PDF).
- ^ "Trump Administration Seeks to Decertify Immigration Judges' Union". Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly. 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Trump Administration Moves to Decertify Outspoken Immigration Judges' Union". New York Times. August 10, 2019.
- ^ Gonzales, Richard (August 12, 2019). "Trump Administration Seeks Decertification Of Immigration Judges' Union". NPR. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ July 31, Jacqueline Thomsen |; Journal, 2020 at 04:01 PM | The original version of this story was published on The National Law. "Justice Department Loses Bid to Decertify Immigration Judges' Union". National Law Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "AILA - Featured Issue: FLRA Rejects DOJ's Petition to Decertify the Immigration Judges Union". www.aila.org. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "WA-RP-19-0067" (PDF).
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