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Hon. Paul A. McCloskey, Immigration Judge, Arlington Immigration Court

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Paul A. McCloskey to begin hearing cases in October 2018. Judge McCloskey earned a Bachelor of Science in 1996 from Towson State University and a Juris Doctor in 1999 from the University of Maryland School of Law. From 2002 to 2018, he served in several positions with the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security, in Washington, D.C. From 2016 to 2018, he was an associate deputy principal legal advisor for Field Legal Operations. From 2014 to 2016, he was deputy chief of the Criminal Law Section. From 2010 to 2014 he was an associate legal advisor in the Criminal Law Section. From 2008 to 2010, he was an associate legal advisor in the Enforcement Law Division, serving on a detail as a trial attorney in the Domestic Security Section, Criminal Division, Department of Justice. From 2002 to 2008, he was an assistant chief counsel in Baltimore and New Orleans. From 2001 to 2002, he was a senior immigration officer in the Office of Congressional Relations with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in Washington, D.C. From 1999 to 2001, he was a presidential management intern with INS in Washington, D.C. Judge McCloskey is a member of the Maryland State Bar.

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  1. Anonymous
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    I imagine Judge Gossart seeing this judge. He would be horrified as to the state of things he helped to build. I say this because he does not pay attention to the facts, he does not understand the law beyond the most basic level. His decisions are random words strung together with no apparent purpose. Please, Judge McCloskey. try to understand the law, try to listen, and take pride in your analysis. This is the life you have chosen, why treat it as it is nothing?

    5 months ago
  2. Nah…
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    He’s usually very temperate and courteous when he sits up there and literally invents reasons to deny asylum cases, so I’ll give him two stars for temperament and courtesy. At the same time, he literally invents law to come up with reasons to deny a case. I swear I’ve even seen him smirk to himself when he does it.

    “Yes…very clever your honor. I’m sure when this single mother is being murdered by her psychotic gang leader husband she and her children will appreciate your bizarre immutability and nexus analysis.”

    1 year ago
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    If you are applying for asylum and you get stuck on his docket, your case is going to be denied. It does not matter what the facts are or what the law says – he will find a way to deny the case. He is so cold and insensitive during trials that it borders on cruelty. His disdain towards immigrants is apparent. He also makes sexist comments to female attorneys. When he denies your case, he will misstate the facts, mischaracterize the evidence, and use a completely biased addendum of law which sounds more like DHS wrote it than an Immigration Judge who is supposed to be neutral. He embodies everything that is wrong with our immigration system.

    2 years ago
  4. Alexander
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    Paul A. McCloskey is the most unrighteous immigration judge in Virginia with denial rate of 93.5%, while average is around 60%. This judge worked all his life a deputy at ICE, where he developed a hatred toward immigrant. Then in 2018 he was appointed as immigration deportation judge by Trump. Those kind of judges should never exist in immigration system of United States of America! Paul A.

    2 years ago

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