Judges Are Slowing Down Trump’s Fascist Deportation Regime. Now He’s Arresting Them For It.

The FBI arrested a sitting judge in a Milwaukee County court in Wisconsin on Friday, claiming that she obstructed immigration enforcement agents from detaining an undocumented immigrant in her courtroom.

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan’s arrest is not only the latest escalation in Donald Trump’s fascist deportation program, it also marks the administration’s eagerness to take aim at any and all constraints on its power to act.

“We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse,” FBI director Kash Patel in a post on X. Patel added that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “chased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since.”

In the absence of opposition party challenges and disempowered labor, courts are one of the few sites of meaningful pushback on Trump’s agenda.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250425202345/https://theintercept.com/2025/04/25/judge-arrest-trump-immigrants-deport/

Less and less land of the free, more and more home of the brave.

It’s over boys. It’s second amendment or nothing now.

      • uselessRN@lemm.ee
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        You must be a fool then. You asked for sources, were given sources, and chose not to believe them.

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          That “source” was discussing Panama and Greenland. My source was specifically discussing Canada. Fool.

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        One “No”. Trump flip flops worse on “No” worse than a pendulum in an earthquake… Just look at his tariff statements.

        And you’d have us believe his “No” to military action in Canada is immutable? A fool is a fool.