FBI director Kash Patel said Friday that the agent arrested a Milwaukee county judge on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement.
The bureau has arrested Judge Hannah Dugan on suspicion that immigrants pursued by federal authorities “deliberately misdirected federal agents,” Patel wrote on social media.
The Trump administration has vowed to investigate and prosecute local officials who do not support federal immigration enforcement efforts.
The lawsuit includes frequent friction points against immigration agents seeking to arrest undocumented immigrants appearing in state court. Local governments often stir up such efforts, claiming that public safety is at risk when people who deal with relatively minor legal issues feel it is not safe to enter court.