They’re calling it bad judgment.

The Department of Justice is failing to protect judges and lawyers by forcing them to return to a Manhattan immigration court that was closed Tuesday over a coronavirus case, legal minds said Wednesday.

The DOJ’s Executive Office of Immigration Review ordered the Varick Street immigration court shut on Tuesday — but said Wednesday workers must return to the building.

“EOIR orders NY Varick immigration court employees to return to work despite coronavirus case at courthouse,” the National Association of Immigration Judges said in a tweet late Tuesday. “With NY the epicenter of the virus, DOJ is failing to protect its employees and the public we serve.”

“Monsters. Seriously, y’all need to just WALK OUT,” an immigration lawyer said to the judge group in a reply tweet. “I know it’s not in the wheelhouse of people focused so heavily on rules, but this is a matter of life and death.”

The EOIR’s website confirmed the Varick court was open Wednesday — as was an Elizabeth, NJ, court shut Tuesday over possible contagion.

Earlier Tuesday, the same judge group sarcastically tweeted: “Ring ring. Yes hello EOIR? I’m calling to report the presence of coronavirus in ALL the immigration courts. Like it or not, it’s there. Now stop playing Russian roulette with our health and CLOSE ALL THE COURTS.”

The EOIR also announced court filing deadlines would remain in place and that some courts would be open for lawyers to turn in the court papers — though EOIR encouraged documents to be mailed in.

“So do we come out of quarantine to file? Who is making these decisions?” one person tweeted.

Another immigration lawyer tweeted, “This is a joke, right?”

The DOJ did not immediately return a request for comment.