Protests target courthouse, FBI after judge arrested for allegedly protecting illegal immigrant

Published April 26, 2025 12:52pm ET



More protests are expected Saturday afternoon at the FBI building in Milwaukee in support of a Wisconsin judge who was arrested Friday and charged with helping an illegal immigrant evade authorities. 

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of escorting the man and his lawyer out of her courtroom through a jury door inaccessible to the public last week after hearing that immigration authorities were outside her courtroom seeking his arrest.

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