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Inside one of the most understaffed immigration courts in the country

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2025-08-13
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Summary
The Chelmsford Immigration Court in Massachusetts, opened in 2024 to ease Boston’s overloaded docket, is now facing severe understaffing after a wave of judge firings and resignations under the Trump administration. Intended to have 21 judges, the court is down to seven — with one about to retire and another reassigned — leaving tens of thousands of cases in limbo and hearings postponed for years, in some instances until 2029.

Nationwide, the number of immigration judges has dropped from 700 at the end of the Biden administration to 600, despite a national backlog of about 3.7 million cases. Chelmsford alone inherited around 70,000 cases from Boston, and each departing judge leaves roughly 4,000 cases to be redistributed. Many dismissals have come without explanation, affecting experienced judges, former DHS prosecutors, and long-serving federal employees, some just before the end of their two-year probationary term.

Attorneys report that their clients, who have often waited years for hearings, are losing their chance for timely decisions, while detained cases in other states are being prioritized. Judges who moved long distances or left other careers to serve describe the process as demoralizing, calling their efforts “all for nothing.” The result, according to lawyers and former court staff, is a system increasingly unable to provide the limited due process available to immigrants facing deportation.
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