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The Justice Department is ending the use of case quotas for immigration judges that became a point of contention during the Trump administration for undercutting judges' authority and discretion, according to an email obtained by CNN. Immigration judges -- employees of the Justice Department -- are charged with following the policies set by each administration. They ultimately decide cases on whether an immigrant can remain in the United States or will be removed. Judges argued that the quotas valued expediency over due process and was not an appropriate metric to evaluate judges. There is a 1.5 million-case backlog facing the immigration court system. The suspension of case quotas is unlikely to make a difference in the speed at which judges tackle that backlog.