Former Wisconsin Judge Spared Prison Time for Obstructing Immigration Arrest

Former Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan will not serve time in prison and instead will pay a $5,000 fine after being convicted of federal obstruction for ushering a defendant from Mexico out of her courtroom to avoid Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Dugan resigned the Milwaukee County circuit judgeship she had held for nine years in January amid threats of impeachment from Republican state lawmakers who labeled her an activist judge.

In a Milwaukee courtroom last year, Judge Hannah C. Dugan drew the ire of the Trump administration when she was accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade federal agents.

She faced up to five years in prison.