WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement on a federal appeals court granting en banc review for two immigration judges challenging their firing by the Trump administration. The decision follows an amicus brief led by Senator Van Hollen and joined by five of his colleagues, urging the court to grant a hearing en banc, outlining their concerns with the Merit Systems Protection Board's (MSPB) ruling that allowed the immigration judges to be fired at will and requesting that the Court reverse the decision of the MSPB and cancel the removals of Jackler and Jaroch.
"The Merit Systems Protection Board's decision which allowed the...