Report: NY's Most Lenient Immigration Judge Gets Culled, and DOJ's Reaction Is Chef's Kiss
By Becca LowerRemember during the first year of the Trump 2.0 administration, when the Justice Department started cleaning house, as part of the process of fixing the immigration system left in tatters by former Pres. Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris? As we wrote, over 100 immigration court judges were either fired or left of their own accord. In another part of the change-over, the Defense Department brought in hundreds of lawyers from the military ranks to serve as judges.
That seems to have kicked things into high gear. Syracuse University's TRAC program showed that almost 80 percent of asylum seekers were deported in the last quarter of 2025. And while this next big win also happened last year, it's the first time the details have been reported.
Among those judges who were culled by the DOJ, according to an exclusive report The NY Post just published, was New York's most lenient judge, who doled out approval for nearly every asylum claim that came before her court.
Judge Vivienne Gordon-Uruakpa, who ruled in favor of asylum claimants 97% of the time — more than any of her colleagues in the state – was terminated without public notice back in September because of her prolific record of asylum rulings, according to a government official.
Gordon-Uruakpa no longer appears on the web site of the downtown Manhattan courthouse where she used to serve.
The report continued with some of Judge Gordon-Uruakpa's background:
Gordon-Uruakpa, 66, attended Fordham University in the Bronx and the Howard University School of Law. Her background is in legal aid and criminal defense.
But I think my favorite part of the story is the Justice Department's comment, after The NY Post asked them about the judge's entry on the court's homepage being taken down. They simply said the site is "up to date."
How perfect is that, readers? I'd call it a chef's kiss. It seems like just yesterday that Biden-Harris and their cronies in the DOJ and Homeland Security (DHS) were doing everything possible to allow illegals to stream across our borders and remain in the country pretty much unaccounted for. Now, the border is locked up tight as a drum.
Earlier in Feb., my colleague streiff wrote that the DOJ isn't done making things right, by proposing a new rule expected to start in March that could streamline the bloated backlog of immigration cases. And while he rightly avers that expected legal challenges to it could end up at the Supreme Court, we'll see what happens in the meantime.
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