abovethelaw.com/2026/09/dojs-newest-brain-drain-fix-is-borrowing-marines-for-an-immigration-surge-that-might-be-coming-to-a-city-near-you DOJ’s Newest Brain Drain Fix Is Borrowing Marines For An Immigration Surge That Might Be Coming To A City Near You
The DOJ is now recruiting Marine Corps lawyers "of any rank" for 179-day immigration prosecution stints in New York and California, no surge announcement required. It's the same trick the Pentagon used to send 600 military lawyers into immigration courts, and it comes as DOJ has lost 21 percent of its attorneys.
— via Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino
