National Press Club

Photos: Terminated Immigration Judges

Peter West

November 13, 2025

Matt Biggs, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday on the topic of the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process. The IFPTE represents more than 90,000 highly skilled workers in the public and private sectors. The National Association of Immigration Judges is an IFPTE affiliate.
Matt Biggs, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday on the topic of the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process. The IFPTE represents more than 90,000 highly skilled workers in the public and private sectors. The National Association of Immigration Judges is an IFPTE affiliate.
Ted Doolittle, former immigration judge at the Hartford Immigration Court, where he was one of only two judges serving before his termination in September, spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday, as one of three recently terminated immigration judges, about the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process.
Ted Doolittle, former immigration judge at the Hartford Immigration Court, where he was one of only two judges serving before his termination in September, spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday, as one of three recently terminated immigration judges, about the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process.
A panel of three recently terminated immigration judges spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday about the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process. (Left to right: Ted Doolittle, Anam R. Petit, Emmett Soper, and Matt Biggs, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE). The National Association of Immigration Judges is an IFPTE affiliate.
Anam R. Petit, a former immigration judge at the Annandale, Va., Immigration Court, spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday, as one of three recently terminated immigration judges, about the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process.
Anam R. Petit, a former immigration judge at the Annandale, Va., Immigration Court, spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday, as one of three recently terminated immigration judges, about the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process.
Matt Biggs, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday on the topic of the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process. The IFPTE represents more than 90,000 highly skilled workers in the public and private sectors. The National Association of Immigration Judges is an IFPTE affiliate.
Emmett Soper, former immigration judge in Virginia, who served nine years on the bench until his termination in August, spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday, as one of three recently terminated immigration judges, about the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process.
Emmett Soper, former immigration judge in Virginia, who served nine years on the bench until his termination in August, spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday, as one of three recently terminated immigration judges, about the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process.
Emmett Soper, former immigration judge in Virginia, who served nine years on the bench until his termination in August, spoke at a Club Headliner event on Thursday, as one of three recently terminated immigration judges, about the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process.