Kerry E. Doyle, former Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security and now a partner at Green & Spiegel, has published a powerful analysis in The Steady State examining the Trump administration’s move to rebrand immigration adjudicators as “Deportation Judges.” Drawing on historical parallels from authoritarian regimes, Doyle warns that redefining judicial titles to preordain outcomes erodes neutrality, undermines due process, and signals a troubling shift in how the government conceptualizes justice.
