The Department of Justice fired multiple immigration judges amid a case backlog. Immigration attorney Allen Orr joins José Díaz-Balart to react, saying "we've never seen this before" in previous administrations.

The union representing federal workers says 13 of the judges who had yet to be sworn in and five assistant chief immigration judges were dismissed without notice. Two other judges were also fired under similar circumstances in the past week.

A union representing the judges said it “makes no sense” to make cuts to immigration courts as Trump promises to carry out mass deportations, which must go through the courts.

A union official says the Trump administration has fired 20 immigration judges without explanation amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal government.

The Trump administration has fired more than a dozen immigration judges that adjudicate deportation cases, multiple outlets reported late Saturday—despite a backlog in cases for those judges to hear—which a union official said runs “contrary” to President Donald Trump’s broader push to crack down on immigration.

The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges, an official said amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal government.

The Justice Department has fired 20 immigration judges as immigration courts deal with a reported backlog of about 4 million cases. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.