A Milwaukee judge who wasĀ arrestedĀ for allegedly shielding an undocumented immigrant from ICE arrest has argued that she canāt be prosecuted based on the same case that granted President Donald Trump broad immunity for āofficialā acts.
The FBI arrested Hannah Dugan last month after she allegedly told agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they needed a warrant to arrest an undocumented immigrant who hadĀ appeared in her courtroomĀ on a misdemeanor charge.
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The motion argued that the problems with the prosecution were ālegion,ā including the fact that they allegedly violated the U.S. Constitutionās fundamental principle of federalism. But āmost immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts,ā it said.
As evidence, the motion cited the 2024 Supreme Court caseĀ Trump v. United StatesĀ in which the court ruled the president had absolute immunity for āofficial acts.ā
The problem with the prosecution is there is no law being broken. If the person had been in ice custody it would be one thing but as a free person there for something unrelated and not delivered by ice the judge is completely free to allow access to the private area of the court that the judge has authority over.