US officials arrested a judge. Helped the migrant escape from the agent

On Friday, US officials arrested a surrounding judge in the Federal State of Wisconsin, accusing her of helping a man in her court of avoiding immigration officials, which is a escalation of the dispute of President Donald Trump and local officials in the relationship between immigration.

The Ministry of Justice stated in a criminal complaint that Hannah Dugan, a judge at Milwaukee County, refused to hand over a man after immigration agents appeared to arrested him in her courtroom on April 18 and tried to help him avoid arrest by allowing him to go out the jury door.

Dugan is accused of obstructing a legal procedure and hiding the required person. She was released after appearing before the federal court, showing court writings, and on May 15 she would declare the guilt. A group of people gathered in front of the courtroom, shouting, « Immediately release the judge. »

Trump has taken measures to restrain immigration after entering his duty in January, and the Ministry of Justice ordered federal prosecutors to open criminal proceedings against local officials who interfere with these efforts. Such resistance was common during Trump’s first term between 2017 and 2021.

« No one is above the law, » the US Minister of Pam Bondi wrote on social networks.

FBI Director Kash Patel said on social networks that the agents were arrested by Dugan for the disturbance of Eduardo Flores-Ruiz’s arrest, which he described as a « illegal immigrant » now in custody. He later wiped out the announcement he had shared before the case against Dugan was published in the Federal Court, which may have been a violation of the rules on the confidentiality of the documents.

Immigration officers came to court on April 18 to arrest Flores-Ruiz in the District Court, where he was threatened with allegations related to domestic violence.

The criminal complaint stated that Flores-Ruiz had been deported to Mexico earlier.