Immigration Legislation
Decide discovered responsible of serving to immigrant escape federal brokers
Milwaukee County Circuit Decide Hannah Dugan (far left) leaves the federal courthouse after a listening to in Milwaukee on Could 15, 2025. (Picture by Andy Manis/The Related Press)
A Wisconsin decide who helped a Mexican immigrant evade federal brokers was discovered responsible of obstruction Thursday.
Milwaukee County Circuit Decide Hannah Dugan now faces as much as 5 years in jail, the Associated Press reviews. Federal prosecutors had additionally charged Dugan with concealing a person to forestall arrest, however the jury acquitted her on that rely.
Dugan realized in April that immigration officers had come to the Milwaukee County Courthouse to apprehend Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who had entered the nation illegally and was scheduled to seem earlier than her in a state battery case, in response to court docket filings cited by the Related Press. Dugan instructed the officers that they couldn’t arrest Flores-Ruiz with an administrative warrant and directed them to the chief decide’s workplace.
Dugan then addressed Flores-Ruiz’s case off the file and led Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer out a non-public jury door, the Related Press reviews. Brokers adopted Flores-Ruiz outdoors, the place they arrested him after a foot chase. He was later deported.
Steve Biskupic, Dugan’s lead lawyer, expressed disappointment within the determination and stated he didn’t perceive how Dugan was discovered responsible of 1 cost however acquitted within the different, in response to the Related Press.
After the decision, U.S. Legal professional Brad Schimel stated the case wasn’t political, and that it isn’t unfair for people who find themselves wished to be arrested in courthouses, the Related Press additionally reviews.
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