SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration is assigning National Guard and Army Reserve lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges following the dismissal of dozens of existing judges — a move experts say may undermine both the immigration court system and military justice.

Training for the first group of Army lawyers begins Monday and training for the second group is expected to start in the spring, several former and current military reserve lawyers said they were told. Roughly 100 Army Reserve lawyers are expected to participate, with 50 beginning a nearly six-month assignment immediately after their training, according to a Sept. 3 email sent to an Army Reserve attorney and reviewed by The Associated Press.

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