Judge who helped illegal immigrant evade ICE walks away with $5,000 fine, no prison time
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A former Wisconsin judge received only a $5,000 fine after a jury found her guilty of helping illegal immigrants evade federal agents.
The jury found former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan guilty of obstruction with the judge fining her $5,000 determined Wednesday during sentence hearing, according to Spectrum News 1.
Dugan spoke for the first time during the trials explaining that she upheld “decorum” and “safety,” aspects that the “public deserve.”
Dugan’s defense team used character witnesses to demonstrate that Dugan acted as a good public servant and Christian by helping illegal immigrants, the outlet reported. “I am a public servant who’s just trying to do my job.”
She was also a member of the League of Women Voters, the Milwaukee Turners and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people, and the immigration Catholic Charities, DCNF reported .
Earlier this year, Dugan retired after Republican law makers prepared impeachment A spokesperson for Evers said the governor received the letter and will move quickly to appoint her replacement, according the DCNF.
Dugan’s defense team and Judge Lynn Adelman didn’t immediately respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
“Former Wisconsin state judge Hannah Dugan betrayed her oath and the people she served when she obstructed federal law enforcement during an immigration enforcement operation,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche posted on X. “Today, a federal jury of her peers found her guilty and sent a clear message: the American people respect law and order.”
Prosecutors said Dugan confronted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and FBI agents outside her courtroom protecting and leading 31-year-old Mexican national Eduardo Flores-Ruiz to a private jury door, but agents followed him outside arresting him.
Border Patrol agents has already arrested Flores-Ruiz prior in Nogales, Ariz., sending him to Mexico, DCNF reported .
ICE removed Flores-Ruiz November 13, 2025, according to a Homeland Security Press Release.
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The judge in this case, who allowed this fellow activist to walk with no jail time is a Clinton appointee with an activist record.
Judge Lynn Adelman
Judge Adelman is most famous for ruling that the Wisconsin Voter ID law was unconstitutional.
Adelman was overturned on appeal with the Appeals Court offering a particularly stunning rebuke: