Trump's administration appointed immigration judge Melissa Isaak to the bench on April 8, 2026, despite her lack of immigration law experience and a documented history of misogynistic statements. In a 2021 speech at a men's rights convention, Isaak divided women into two categories — those who are 'major assets to men' and those who are just a 'warm, wet hole' — a phrase she repeated and elaborated on multiple times during her talk. Her background includes representing January 6 rioters and defending Roy Moore in a defamation case brought by a woman alleging childhood sexual abuse. Immigration judges hear asylum and deportation cases affecting vulnerable populations, and Isaak's appointment highlights concerns about judicial qualifications in the Trump administration's newly appointed cohort of federal judges.