𝐈𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈: 𝐃𝐎𝐉 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏-𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐈𝐙𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐀 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐘
Brea Burgie is no longer an immigration judge. She's one of more than 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 the Justice Department has fired since Trump took office, and her own record explains why she made the list.
Late last year, Burgie granted bond to Jeanette Vizguerra, a self-described immigrant-rights activist and outspoken Trump critic who ICE had held for months after picking her up during a lunch break at a Target. Vizguerra walked out of custody. ICE's response at the time was blunt, calling Burgie an “𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦” for the ruling.
Burgie now says DOJ began tracking immigration ...

“How much do we have now?”
That was the big question standing outside the store with a crate of empty bottles and a pocket full of coins. 😄
You didn’t need a job interview, a bank account, or a complicated plan. You just gathered up every empty bottle you could find, hauled them to the corner store, and suddenly you had spending money.
And then came the serious part.
Counting every penny twice.
Looking at the candy.
Doing the math.
Changing your mind.
Then changing it again.
Those little coins felt important because you earned them in your own kid-sized way. A bottle return could turn into jawbreakers, licorice, bubble gum, or a paper bag full of whatever your money would stretch to that day.
It wasn’t much.
But back then, it felt like fortune.