Immigration courts were hanging CDC posters on their walls. Someone in Washington had a problem with that — before backing down. cristianafarias writes
Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Since Donald Trump took office, immigration judges have been on a short leash. By law or regulation, these public servants wear robes, must abide by ethical standards, and are expected to exercise “independent judgment and discretion.
Some of her requests to the Justice Department were quite basic, like encouraging sick employees to stay home and asking for “appropriate cleaning and disinfectant supplies to all employees and to members of the public visiting or conducting business before the Immigration Courts.
The “offending flyers,” as the judges union put it in a follow-up tweet, were a pair of posters the federal government itself produced to create awareness about the virus, its symptoms, and how to prevent its spread.
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