In a dramatic expansion of federal immigration enforcement infrastructure, the Department of Justice just unveiled the largest immigration judge hiring class in American history. The move signals that President Donald Trump is not only focused on securing the border, but also on fixing the legal bottleneck that has crippled deportation efforts for years.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review announced that 77 new immigration judges and five temporary immigration judges were officially sworn in during a ceremony held inside the Department of Justice’s Great Hall in Washington on May 20.
According to federal officials, no previous administration has ever added such a massive single class of immigration adjudicators at one time.
The hiring blitz pushes the nationwide immigration judge count to nearly 700, a major increase as the White House ramps up efforts to enforce immigration law and clear out a court system drowning in millions of unresolved cases.
The administration says this is only the beginning.
EOIR confirmed that 153 permanent immigration judges have already been hired during fiscal year 2026 alone, setting a new all-time annual hiring record for the agency.
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