Marine Trump tapped for DOJ ripped as 'total moron' by insiders who worked with him

Within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Donald Trump loyalist Daren Margolin is serving as director of the Executive Office of Immigration Review — which oversees asylum claims and deportations in immigration cases. And he’s doing so as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol agents carry out militarized raids in Minneapolis and other American cities.

The Daily Beast, according to reporter Will Neal, discussed Margolin with four immigration officials who have worked with him. And they were highly critical of his performance.

Neal, in an article published on February 3, reports, "Donald Trump's gun-toting immigration courts chief is a 'total moron' ... who doesn't actually understand his job, according to multiple sources who've worked alongside him. ... They slammed him as 'lazy' and 'extremely dysfunctional,' with a 'fundamental lack of understanding' of both his administrative duties and the laws he oversees."

One of the four interviewees, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Beast, "Nobody ever had much confidence in him. I never got the impression he understood the law very well. He just wanted an easy job, where he didn't have to learn or do anything."

Another interviewee told the Beast, "He's a total moron. Such a 'f—— dope."

One of the interviewees alleges that Margolin was picked not despite his "incompetence," but "because of" it.

That interviewee told the Beast, "He's just going to be a mouthpiece, relaying orders and telling everybody else they have to follow them."

Another interviewee lamented, "I'm so worried about the agency. It really breaks my heart to see."

George Pappas, a former immigration judge in Georgia, argues that the United States' immigration system is in total disarray during Trump's second presidency.

Pappas told the Beast, "We're witnessing a complete dismantling of the immigration courts, which in substance are now dead."