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Los Angeles (USA).- Tania Nemer, one of the dozens of immigration judges fired this year by the Trump administration, filed a lawsuit against the Executive on Monday, alleging that she was a victim of discrimination and seeking reinstatement.
In the legal complaint, the former judge argues that she was fired for reasons of gender, her dual citizenship (Lebanese and American) and her Democratic affiliation, which would violate U.S. civil rights law.You may be interested in: Cury criticizes the narrative of victimization of Judge Pilar Jiménez
Nemer was fired on February 5, a few days after President Donald Trump took office with a promise to begin the mass deportation of immigrants. The lawsuit claims that Nemer was "abruptly fired" in the middle of her probationary period, although she had received "the highest possible performance rating". "Far from explaining why she had been fired, Ms. Nemer's supervisor told her that she was one of her best employees, before being escorted out of the building," the lawsuit reads. The former judge's lawyers argue that to this day the Trump Administration has not presented a convincing explanation for the precipitous dismissal, indicating that it was a decision "to attack" public officials who "were not to their liking". Both Nemer's supervisor and the acting Chief Immigration Judge of the United States stated that neither of them knew why she was being fired. Nemer, who served in the immigration court in Cleveland, Ohio, since 2023, is one of more than 100 immigration judges who have been dismissed by the White House. The lawsuit seeks Nemer's reinstatement to her position, compensation for damages, and for the Trump Administration to acknowledge that it violated her rights. The lawsuit comes shortly after the Department of Justice launched a call for judges specializing in deportations as part of its campaign to fill jobs that facilitate its plan for mass deportations. According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a center at Syracuse University, there are more than 3.4 million pending cases in immigration courts.
