Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges NYT | Top Stories Charlie Savage, John Ismay, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Greg Jaffe 30 August 2025 at 08:14 No final decision has been made, but the proposal comes as President Trump increasingly uses the military in various aspects of domestic life. © Tierney L. Cross/The New York TimesThe proposal would send military lawyers to work at the Justice Department in an effort to reduce the capacity of the immigration system to process a backlog.