Federal immigration judges launched a renewed effort to win back recognition of their union Tuesday, arguing in a hearing that new regulations have undermined Trump-era claims they should considered managers.
A majority of the more than 700 federal immigration judges signed onto a petition asking the Federal Labor Relations Authority to restore recognition of the National Association of Immigration Judges, decertified by the board in 2020. The petition triggers new hearings on the union’s recognition.
“Even though the 2020 decision was faulty in our view,” said Mimi Tsankov, NAIJ’s president, “we think we can point to those changes now to ...