Military lawyer fired after defying Trump order

A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer was fired from his temporary judicial post in Virginia earlier this month.

Military.com reported that Christopher Day was appointed to serve on one of the immigration courts that President Donald Trump's administration has flooded with deportation claims this year.

In the past few months, a number of immigration court judges in liberal areas of the country were dismissed and about 600 new ones installed by the Department of Defense, Bloomberg reported. Among those included Day, who was on the "bench" for less than a month.

"It’s unclear why Day was fired," the report said. "Day did not comment when contacted by the AP, and a Justice Department spokeswoman declined to discuss personnel matters."

However, federal data showed that Day ruled on an asylum case that flies in the face of the Trump administration's goals.

"Of the 11 cases he concluded in November, he granted asylum or some other type of relief allowing the migrant to remain in the United States a total of six times," the report said, citing federal data analyzed by the non-profit Mobile Pathways.

The report comes amid a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday in which justices turned down a request to immediately stop free-speech lawsuits by fired immigration judges.

There has also been an ongoing debate about following "unlawful orders." In a video released by former military and intelligence members who also serve in elected office, any member of the military can refuse to follow an order if it is against the law.

Trump and his allies flew into a rage claiming that officials were doing the opposite, telling soldiers to refuse "lawful orders." The president is at work targeting Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.).

“Retired Captain Kelly is currently under investigation for serious allegations of misconduct,” a Department of Defense official said.

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