USA News: The ongoing tussle between the Trump administration and the judiciary over immigration in the US has once again come to light. The Federal Investigation Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US has arrested a military judge for helping an illegal immigrant to avoid the arrest of immigration officers, after which there has been anger there. Since the arrest of judges is rare, the incident has become a matter of extensive debate. Democrats strongly criticized it, calling it an attack on democratic values.
This entire chapter is about the Milwauki of the State Visconsin. The FBI has arrested Milwauki County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan. He is accused of obstructing immigration proceedings and helping an illegal immigrant to avoid arrest.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced this action on the social media platform X. The incident has increased tension between the Trump administration and the judiciary. It is worth noting that the judiciary has come forward in defense of immigrants in the immigration action of the Trump administration and is issuing decisions against the Trump administration one after the other. Due to this, it is believed that the Trump administration has now made up its mind to sideline it in some way. By arresting the judge of the court, he has given the same message to the judiciary: I am the owner.
According to the FBI, on April 18, Judge Dugan tried to save Mexican citizen Eduardo Florence Ruiz from being caught by ICE agents in his court room. Florence Ruiz was in Dugan’s court in a case of domestic violence at that time. According to the court documents, Dugan asked the ICE agents to wait outside the court room and indicated to talk to the Chief Justice. He then took Florence Ruiz and his lawyer out of the court room from the jury door. This delayed the arrest of agents.
The FBI said in its affidavit that when Dugan came to know that ICE agent had gone out of the court room to arrest Florence Ruiz, she became extremely upset and described her presence as unfair and unwanted. Duggan pulled Florence out of the jury door, not let him go out of the normal door. However, ICE agents arrested him outside the court. According to the documents, Florence Ruiz was earlier fired in 2013.
Judge Dugan has two allegations. One is accused of stopping and hiding a person from catching and hiding him, and the other is accused of obstructing the action of the federal department. If he is found guilty, he can be sentenced to six years in jail and may also have to pay heavy fine.
Dugan was arrested at 8:30 am on Friday at Milwauki County Courthouse. He was produced in the federal court in the afternoon on the same day. His lawyer said that Dugan opposed his arrest and believes that this arrest is not in the interest of public security. Dugan is currently out on bail and his next hearing will be held on 15 May.
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