US Marine Corps Donald Trump’s new deportation chief has lifted the lid on his aggressive plans to race through millions of backlogged immigration cases. Retired Marine Colonel Daren Margolin says he’s now received more than 1,700 applications from people responding to social media ads for “deportation judge” vacancies at his office. He told Axios he’d already interviewed the first cohort, who he expects to begin work before the end of the month. Marketed online under the banner “YOU BE THE JUDGE,” listings available on the Justice Department website suggest applicants for these positions actually need only be a licensed attorney, with an undergraduate degree and some “qualifying” litigation experience. Read more at The Daily Beast.