This judge is so anti-immigrant even the Trump administration wants him to chill

The following article by Ian Hillhiser was posted on the ThinkProgress website August 7, 2018:

If Kris Kobach had a love child with ICE, that child would be Judge Andrew Hanen.

Judge Andrew Hanen Credit: U.S. Sentencing Commission

Judge Andrew Hanen may be the most anti-immigrant judge in the United States.

During the Obama administration, Hanen didn’t simply strike down several of President Obama’s signature immigration policies, he ordered a dox attack against tens of thousands of immigrants (though this order was later stayed).

After a dispute arose between Hanen and a handful of Justice Department attorneys defending Obama’s immigration policies — Hanen claims that the lawyers intentionally deceived him, the lawyers claim that they merely misunderstood a question — Hanen ordered hundreds of government lawyers, most of whom had never appeared in his courtroom, to attend a remedial ethics course.

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