The move comes after the Justice Department last week made changes to who could qualify as a temporary immigration judge – effectively lowering the requirements and removing the need to have prior immigration experience. The military lawyers will receive some two weeks of training to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to the U.S. official. More immigration judges are being fired amid Trump’s efforts to speed up deportations Several more immigration judges have been fired, even as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement, and after Congress gave the Department of Justice $3 billion, in part to hire judges. President Trump earlier this year also voiced support for a plan in Florida to deputize military lawyers in the state’s National Guard, known as the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, to act as immigration judges. Earlier this year, Congress approved a mega-spending bill that allocated over $3 billion to the Justice Department for immigration-related activities, including hiring more immigration judges.