1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Immigration Court Improvement Act of 2018 . 2. Finding; sense of Congress (a) Finding Congress finds that the United States tradition as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants is best served by effective, fair, and impartial immigration judges who have decisional independence and are free from political influence. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) immigration judges— (A) should be fair and impartial; and (B) should have decisional independence that is free from political pressure or influence; and (2) in order to promote even-handed, non-biased, decision making that is representative of the public at large, immigration judges should be selected from a broad pool of candidates with a variety of legal experience, such as law professors, private practitioners, representatives of pro bono service and other nongovernmental organizations, military officers, and government employees. 3. Professional treatment of immigration judges (a) Defined term Section 101(b)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(4) ) is amended to read as follows: (4) (A) The term immigration judge means an attorney who— (i) has been appointed by the Attorney General to serve as a United States immigration judge