Border Chronicle – This Immigration Judge Loved His Job. But Then He Was Fired: A Podcast with Jeremiah Johnson

Kevin R. Johnson

30 Dec 2025 — 1 min read

Border Chronicle – This Immigration Judge Loved His Job. But Then He Was Fired: A Podcast with Jeremiah Johnson

The Trump administration has been replacing many immigration judges. This Border Chronicle podcast interviews "Jeremiah Johnson was an immigration judge in San Francisco. On November 21, he was fired by email without explanation. `I didn’t even have time to print out the letter before the system was shut down and I was locked out,' he said. The email arrived with the subject line `Termination.' Johnson is now one of more than 100 immigration judges who have been fired nationwide since Trump took office."

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Border Chronicle – This Immigration Judge Loved His Job. But Then He Was Fired: A Podcast with Jeremiah Johnson

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