The selection process for immigration judges at the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has gone from one non-competitive extreme to another over the past ten years – from “white males need not apply” to private hand-picked appointments of Bush Administration loyalists without public notice or competition.

In the wake of an $11.5 million class action lawsuit settlement against the DOJ/EOIR in September, 2004, it appears that immigration judge positions are being awarded to hand-picked candidates without public job announcement by the DOJ’s Office of Attorney Recruiting and Management. So perhaps to avoid further charges of discrimination in public employment, the entire immigration judge selection process has gone behind closed doors under the federal government’s “Schedule A” hiring process.

Find out more in my latest column on VDARE.com -- 08/08/05 -- Bush Loyalists Hand-Picked As EOIR Immigration Judges.

But why would a Republican Party attorney or oil company executive want to make a career change and do EOIR Immigration Court hearings all day anyhow?

Also by Juan Mann:

09/20/04 - Fire Michael J. Creppy —DOJ’s $11.5 Million Man!

03/09/04 - The EOIR’s other directive -- White males need not apply

05/04/04 - The Enemy Within [II]: A Treason Lobby Pro Bono PR Office Inside EOIR!