A union that represents hundreds of immigration judges has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to challenge its policy restricting judges from speaking or writing in their personal capacity about immigration or their agency.
The suit was filed on July 1 by the Knight First Amendment Institute on behalf of the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ). It seeks to block a January policy that prohibits judges from speaking or writing publicly in their personal capacity on issues related to immigration law or policy or EOIR’s policies and programs, and on other topics, judges need to seek the agency’s prior approval.
