Trump Officials Ask Military Lawyers to Serve as Immigration Judges NYT | Top Stories John Ismay, Charlie Savage and Kirsten Grind 5 September 2025 at 07:18 Emails sent out call for volunteers to take six-month assignments hearing asylum and deportation cases. © Jason Andrew for The New York TimesThe Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to use military lawyers as temporary immigration judges in the Justice Department’s immigration courts.