SAN FRANCISCO—Eleven immigration judges and one assistant chief judge in San Francisco have been fired by the current administration in 2025 so far. With one more judge having retired in October, the court currently has nine judges in place.
Five immigration judges were fired on Nov. 21, according to Mission Local. The judges who were fired were Shuting Chen, Amber D. George, Louis A. Gordon, Jeremiah Johnson, and Patrick Savage, comparing current staff list with a web archive.
With another 6 immigration judges fired this year, plus judge Scott D. Gambill, who retired in October, the court lost 12 judges.
Data analysis shows the denial rate of the remaining judges from 2020 to the first 11 months of 2025 increased to 38.9 percent, from 24 percent of 21 judges early this year, based on the judge-by-judge asylum decisions in immigration courts compiled by TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) of Syracuse University….