President Trump fired another San Francisco immigration judge on Wednesday.
Judge Shira Levine was fired on Wednesday, just a few weeks after another San Francisco-based immigration judge was terminated.
Levine, like the other San Francisco immigration judges recently fired by Trump, rubberstamped asylum cases.
NBC Bay Area reported:
The Trump administration fired yet another San Francisco immigration judge, the sixth judge from the city’s immigration court who’s been terminated since he took office in January.
According to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the firing, San Francisco immigration Judge Shira Levine was let go on Wednesday, less than two weeks after immigration Judge Chloe Dillon was terminated in August.
“Another experienced judge has been fired without cause,” said a former colleague with firsthand knowledge of the order. “The administration is systematically dismantling the immigration courts and any semblance of due process in immigration proceedings.”
Wednesday’s firing means nearly 30% of San Francisco’s immigration judges have been let go since Trump took office.
Two immigration judges assigned to the Concord immigration court have also been fired this year.
More than 100 immigration judges have been fired or resigned since President Trump took office this year.
In July, 20 immigration judges were fired.
A few of the federal immigration judges recently fired by the Trump Administration over e-mail lashed out at Trump in an interview with CBS Evening News.
Three of the fired judges – George Pappas, Jennifer Peyton and Carla Espinoza – spoke to CBS about their terminations. The disgruntled judges claimed they were politically pressured by the Trump Administration to grant motions to dismiss cases.
“It was arbitrary, unfair,” George Pappas told CBS News of his abrupt firing. “And it’s an attack on the rule of law. It’s an attack on judges.”
“My email was three sentences,” Jennifer Peyton whined. “I had no cause. I had no explanation.”
“We as judges, were in fear, we were concerned,” Carla Espinoza said. “That makes it very difficult to be impartial. We were not succumbing to that pressure but it does feel like pressure.”
Payton whined that once the illegal alien left the courtroom, ICE would handcuff them and whisk them away.
WATCH:
Former immigration judges are speaking out after sudden firings by the Trump administration, alleging political pressure and threats to due process in an already overwhelmed court system. CBS News’ @MauriceDuboisTV sat down with three judges who were terminated in July by email. pic.twitter.com/4JMjZEpNxj
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) July 24, 2025
