Controversial New Jersey Judge Faces Removal Over Threat to Deport Truant Students

A New Jersey judge who threatened to deport truant students is facing removal from his position, according to a panel's recommendation.

The controversy surrounding Judge Martin G. Melchiorre began in 2017 when he made the threat in a courtroom rant.

Melchiorre was caught on video warning parents that if their children continued to miss school without a valid excuse, he would 'have them deported'.