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Immigration Judge Suspended After Criticism

By immigrationprof

One U.S. immigrationjudge is off the bench and others could follow in the wake ofblistering federal court rebukes about the treatment of asylum seekers.

Donald V. Ferlise has been replaced on the court calendar inPhiladelphia while the U.S. attorney general conducts a nationwidereview of immigration judges, who decide who can stay in the UnitedStates to avoid turmoil in their homelands.

Several of the judges have been the subjects of angry appellatecourt rulings. In Ferlise’s case, the increasingly strident 3rd U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals took aim at his demeanor. Click here for full story.

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