Slowly but surely, the deportations that America voted for are happening.

Eighty-two judges whose sole purpose is to speed up the deportation process and get illegal aliens out of the country.

The additions come after the ouster of dozens of immigration judges across the country by the Trump administration over the past year. When President Trump took office, the Justice Department had more than 700 immigration judges. By earlier this year, that number had dipped below 600. Justice Department officials said the new class would bring the immigration judge corps back closer to 700 members.

Immigration judges decide whether noncitizens the government is seeking to deport should be removed from the U.S. or allowed to stay. Despite their title, immigration judges are not part of the independent judicial branch and are instead employees of the Justice Department, which runs dozens of immigration courts across the U.S., as well as an appellate immigration court.

The Trump administration dismissed a lot of illegal-friendly judges, many appointed by Biden, some who even worked for pro-immigration non-profits as immigration advocates.

Now we've got at least a handful of judges with the single-minded goal of deporting criminal foreigners.

Most of the immigration judges joining the Justice Department's ranks this week had previously worked as ICE lawyers, prosecutors or in the military, as officers, judge advocates or other roles, according to bios provided by the department. Some worked as state or local judges, or as lawyers in private practice.

Justice Department officials said the administration has hired 153 permanent immigration judges in fiscal year 2026, which began in October 2025.

How do you eat an elephant? A bite at a time, baby.