{"id":73701,"date":"2017-07-31T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73701"},"modified":"2017-07-31T09:37:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T13:37:12","slug":"young-min-burkett-texas-judge-is-not-a-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=73701","title":{"rendered":"Young Min Burkett; Texas judge is not a US citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bobo sends us a link from Corpus Christi, Texas<\/a> where folks discovered that one of their municipal judges wasn’t a citizen. Young Min Burkett was placed on unpaid lave and given 90 days to get her US citizenship before she could return to the bench;<\/p>\n

“She’s a great lady. She’s a hard worker. Very smart. Very, I mean, just great person, but because she doesn’t have that qualification, you know, unfortunately, we had to tell her that she couldn’t, be removed from the bench and she could not serve,” [Lucy Rubio, chairman of the Municipal Court Committee] says.<\/p>\n

Rubio says it’s city policy and state law, but doesn’t know how human resources missed the fact that Burkett isn’t a citizen. Rubio agrees with the unpaid leave, but doesn’t question any of the judge’s rulings.<\/p>\n

“She’s a very fair lady. I’ve gotten no complaints from her. Everybody that has worked with her says she’s very pleasant. She’s a hard working individual and would rule very fairly,” Rubio says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, Burkett couldn’t vote, but somehow she ran for office.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: She’s returned to her job<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After being removed from the bench in May, Burkett was given 90 days to obtain her citizenship. Burkett successfully applied for an expedited decision and became a citizen 51 days later.<\/p>\n

“Although I lacked one requirement, now I am qualified,” Burkett told the council members.<\/p>\n

Community and council comments on Burkett’s citizenship has been mixed.<\/p>\n

Some contend it was the city’s fault for hiring Burkett to the approximately $98,000-position without checking her qualifications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Still…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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