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Issues Statement on DOJ Hiring Report

Press Release

Date: July 28, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Executive Branch Judicial Branch Immigration

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today issued the following statement in response to the release of a joint Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility and Office of Inspector General report on politicized hiring at the Department of Justice.

Instead of fixing our broken immigration system, the White House played the politics of patronage. Their illegal actions delayed DOJ's ability to fill positions on the immigration courts, which, when coupled with dilution of the bench with inexperienced candidates, has served only to clog up the immigration enforcement system. Once again, this Administration's partisan interests have trumped the needs of our nation.


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