The Trump administration has fired more than a dozen immigration judges that adjudicate deportation cases, multiple outlets reported late Saturday—despite a backlog in cases for those judges to hear—which a union official said runs “contrary” to President Donald Trump’s broader push to crack down on immigration.

Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom refuses to assist ICE, saying immigration enforcement is the federal government's job.

Seventy-one years after the Eisenhower administration launched a high-visibility operation to arrest undocumented immigrants, President Trump is following some of the same playbook.

The union representing federal workers says 13 of the judges who had yet to be sworn in and five assistant chief immigration judges were dismissed without notice. Two other judges were also fired under similar circumstances in the past week.

President Trump's vow to deport "millions and millions" of unauthorized immigrants is meeting harsh reality — already stretching the limits of the government's resources, less than four weeks into the new administration.

The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, a union official said Saturday amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal government. On Friday, 13 judges who had yet to be sworn in and five assistant chief immigration judges were dismissed without notice,