washington u.s. justice department develop plan temporarily reassign immigration judge around country 12 cities speed deportations illegal immigrants charge crimes accord two administration officials many judge reassign send still review accord officials justice department begin solicit volunteer deployment target cities new york los angeles miami new orleans san francisco baltimore bloomington minnesota el paso texas harlingen texas imperial california omaha nebraska phoenix arizona choose cities high populations illegal immigrants criminal charge officials say spokeswoman justice department executive office immigration review administer immigration court confirm cities identify likely recipients reassign immigration judge elaborate plan plan intensify deportations line vow make frequently president donald trump campaign trail last year deport illegal immigrants involve crime department homeland security ask judge reshuffle unusual move give immigration court administer department justice homeland security spokeswoman decline comment plan yet finalize executive order sign trump january illegal immigrants pending criminal case regard priorities deportation whether find guilty departure former president barack obama policy prioritize deportations convict serious crimes policy shift criticize advocate group say unfairly target immigrants might ultimately acquit pose threat cities slat receive judge half 18,013 pending immigration case involve undocumented immigrants face convict criminal charge accord data provide justice department executive office immigration review 200 case involve immigrants currently incarcerate mean others either convict serve sentence justice department provide breakdown many remainder convict many await trial part trump administration crackdown illegal immigrants justice department also send immigration judge detention center along southwest border temporary redeployments begin monday former immigration judge chairman board immigration appeal paul schmidt say trump administration assume charge crimes would allow stay unite state legally seem assumption everyone commit crime removable necessarily true even people commit serious crimes sometimes get asylum schmidt say also question effectiveness shuffle immigration judge one court another note mean case judge would handle usual court reschedule say temporarily reassign handle case southern border 2014 2015 case slat hear home court arlington virginia postpone often year call aimless docket reshuffle say obama administration avoid expense disruption immigration judge travel would often hear proceed courthouses via video conference judge reshuffle could logjam national immigration court system 540,000 pending case cities slat receive judge different kinds immigrant populations imperial california example one nation large agriculture hubs attract large number immigrant farmworkers mexico central america bloomington minnesota near st. paul home large number african immigrants many travel war-torn countries like somalia claim asylum unite state exclusive immigration judge head 12 u.s. cities speed deportations