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Resurfaced Video of New Immigration Judge’s Misogynistic Remarks Triggers Scrutiny

The uproar renews questions over Justice Department vetting, training practices, judge readiness in abuse cases.

Melissa Isaak is seen in a resurfaced video in which she says, “There’s two types of women. There are good, solid, valuable women who are assets to men … then there’s a ‘warm, wet hole."
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Overview

  • Melissa Isaak, appointed this month as a temporary immigration judge by the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, was cleared to start hearing cases immediately and is assigned to the Atlanta Immigration Court.
  • In a 2021 interview with influencer Anthony Dream Johnson, Isaak said there are “two types of women” and described one as a “warm, wet hole,” with a 2022 speech at the Make Women Great Again event echoing the same theme.
  • Isaak’s official bio lists no immigration law experience, and critics say that gap matters because immigration judges often weigh asylum claims and accounts of gender-based violence.
  • Her past legal work includes briefly representing three January 6 defendants, withdrawing from two cases, and assisting Roy Moore in a defamation fight tied to misconduct allegations.
  • The case highlights a broader shift reported by The Washington Post, which found the Trump administration hired more than 140 immigration judges with many lacking prior immigration experience.