Dugan Pleads Not Guilty to Immigration Enforcement Charges

Frederica Freyberg:
We’ve invited Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson to join us next week on this program.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan pleaded not guilty this week to federal charges of trying to assist an undocumented immigrant evade arrest during a hearing in her courtroom last month.

Huma Ahsan:
Our court systems must not become a tool of immigration enforcement.

Frederica Freyberg:
Rallies in Madison and Milwaukee this week voiced support for Judge Dugan. Dugan was charged by a federal grand jury for knowingly concealing a person for whose arrest, a warrant and process had been issued, and for corruptly endeavoring to influence, obstruct, and impede the due and proper administration of the law. In a motion to dismiss, her defense states this is no ordinary criminal case, and Dugan is no ordinary criminal defendant. It goes on to argue Dugan has judicial immunity in addition to challenging the veracity of the charges altogether.