Eight Manhattan immigration judges were fired Monday by the Trump administration after the government was hit with a discrimination suit by a recently terminated immigration judge.

The judges who worked out of 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan were let go, according to a report by ABC News , citing an official in the National Association of Immigration Judges.

Eight Manhattan immigration judges were fired Monday by the Trump administration after the government was hit with a discrimination suit by a recently terminated immigration judge. Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/Shutterstock

Earlier Monday, Tania Nemer sued the Justice Department on the grounds she was terminated from her post as an Ohio immigration judge because of her gender, the fact that she is also a citizen of Lebanon and

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