Judges fired after blocking deportation of pro-Palestinian students

Immigration judges Roopal Patel and Nina Froes among six judges terminated by Department of Justice

Two immigration judges who ruled against the https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration in the deportation cases of pro-Palestinian university students have been fired by the Department of Justice.

The https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/immigration-judges-deportations-students.html">New York Times reported over the weekend that the justice department had terminated six judges, including Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, who oversaw deportation proceedings against Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, two students who were arrested last year as part of Trump’s campaign against the Gaza protest movement.