Federal Judge Upholds Conviction of Judge Who Illegally Aided Criminal Illegal Aliens to Escape ICE

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A federal judge on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a former Wisconsin judge who helped an undocumented man evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman declined to reconsider former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan's conviction without rescheduling a sentencing date. Adelman previously postponed Dugan's sentencing on June 3.

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The lawyers added that Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, the Mexican immigrant she led out a private courthouse door to evade ICE officers, was not facing a pending proceeding but a warrant for his arrest instead. Adelman, a Bill Clinton appointee and former Democratic state legislator, was unconvinced by this argument.

"At oral argument, defendant noted that ICE goes out every day to try to arrest people on the street," Adelman wrote in his ruling. He echoed the defense's argument, writing "Given the estimated 10 million undocumented persons in the United States, does that mean there are 10 million pending proceedings?"

The federal judge added that Dugan "insists that there needs to be some formality, i.e., a proceeding before an agency involving parties trying to come to a determination, an adjudication."

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Dugan was found guilty of obstruction charges in December. She faces up to five years in prison for obstruction, the more serious of the charges, though first-time offenders rarely receive the harshest punishment.

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Flores-Ruiz has since been deported. His appearance before Dugan and her conviction have come amid the Trump administration's massive crackdown on immigrants across the U.S.

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