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Longtime Hawaiʻi Immigration Judge Fired As Trump Purge Continues
Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026
Longtime Hawaiʻi Immigration Judge Fired As Trump Purge Continues

As it pushes to move cases through courts faster, the Trump administration fired a local judge without explanation.

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