Pam Bondi mocks gender bias lawsuit from immigration judge: 'Last I checked, I was a woman as well'
WASHINGTON, DC: Attorney General Pam Bondi mocked a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former immigration judge on Tuesday, December 2. She used a Cabinet meeting to mock the plaintiff's claims of gender bias.
Bondi’s remarks came just a day after Tania Nemer, a former immigration judge in Ohio, sued the Justice Department for wrongful termination.
Nemer, who was fired in February just 15 days after being sworn in, alleges she was targeted due to her gender, dual citizenship with Lebanon, and political affiliation.
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Bondi, addressing President Trump and other officials, framed the lawsuit as just one of hundreds of "frivolous" legal attacks on the administration.
"Most recently, yesterday, I was sued by an immigration judge who we fired," Bondi said, recounting the complaint. "One of the reasons she said she was a woman."
She then delivered a deadpan rebuttal that drew chuckles from the room, "Last I checked, I was a woman as well."
Nemer’s lawsuit, filed in the US District Court, accused the administration of violating the Civil Rights Act and the First Amendment.
The complaint stated that Nemer received the highest possible performance rating before being abruptly let go during her probationary period.
Her attorneys argued that if the firing was upheld, it would establish a precedent where the president could fire federal workers based on race, sex, or religion with impunity.
Nemer was not alone in her displacement. Since January, more than 100 immigration judges have allegedly been fired or forced out of their roles as the Trump administration seeks to reshape the courts.
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The legal battle coincides with a new wave of terminations confirmed this week.
On Monday, the Department of Justice fired eight immigration judges based in New York City, including an assistant chief judge who supervised colleagues at the bustling Federal Plaza court.
Critics argued that removing experienced adjudicators will only worsen the backlog of alleged 3.7 million pending cases.
"People have always had doubts about the independence of the court system," Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute told Fox News Digital.
He warned that the mass removals have "eroded trust completely" in the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
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Despite the criticism, Bondi wore the legal challenges as a badge of honor during the Cabinet meeting.
She alleged that the Trump administration has been sued a staggering 575 times since taking office.
"More than every administration going back to Reagan combined," she noted.
Bondi argued that these lawsuits are attempts to stall the president's agenda, particularly his crackdown on d*** trafficking and border enforcement.
She also highlighted the administration's aggressive defense strategy, boasting of a "92% success rate" in cases appealed to the Supreme Court for emergency intervention.
"We're winning nationwide injunctions, ending DEI funding, [and] working to secure that our federal workforce is aligned with your America First agenda," Bondi concluded.
