I wonder if Immigration Judges pay the best or have the easiest job. In my experience long time government employees know the best paying jobs, best paying agencies (or even state level work), and what will get them the best retirement. They also know the jobs with the lowest amount of work.
I think Immigrantion Judges are like sanitation engineers - they technically have the same title but there is a massive difference in skills and expectations - no offense to sanitation engineers but they don't exactly do design work.
Judges have standards of impartiality and immunities. Immigration judges are essentially more bueracrats than true judges - and it shows given documented farcical proceedings like 3 year olds unaccompanied by representatives.
