What We Know About Wisconsin Judge Arrested for Allegedly Obstructing ICE
Judge Hannah Dugan in Milwaukee in 2016. Dugan was serving on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Branch 31, since her election in April 2016 before she was arrested on April 25, 2025. Lee Matz/Milwaukee Independent via AP

What We Know About Wisconsin Judge Arrested for Allegedly Obstructing ICE

This rare situation, with a judge facing arrest, underscores heightened tensions over President Donald Trump’s enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.
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A Wisconsin judge was arrested on federal charges that she took extraordinary—and allegedly illegal—steps to thwart law enforcement officers from taking into custody a past deportee who was in her court on charges of domestic violence.

The arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan represents a dramatic escalation of tension between some judges and President Donald Trump’s administration over the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.

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