(15 May 2025)
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Milwaukee – 15 May 2025
1. Wide of protest in support of Judge Hannah Dugan
2. Signs protesting tyranny and for due process
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nancy Camden, protesting in support of Judge Dugan:
"I see the erosion of all of our various aspects of democracy. And I’m claiming free speech for as long as I can. I believe in justice, and I believe that ICE overreached and so did the FBI in this particular case."
4. Shot from below protestors lifting signs into the air.
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nancy Camden, protesting in support of Judge Dugan:
"The FBI’s big demonstration of how they handled this, and made a big show of arresting her and putting her in handcuffs and all of that was intimidation. And I’m not going to be intimidated. I’m fighting back."
6. Protesters holding signs about justice and due process
7. Protest signs demanding due process
8. Protesters chanting
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Esther Cabrera, Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression:
"I grew up in a mixed status family. My mother was undocumented and she never let that take away her agency. She never let that make her afraid."
10. Wide of protesters
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Esther Cabrera, Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression:
"If we are going to go after judges, if we’re going to go after mayors, we have to understand that they can come after anybody."
12. Protester speaking out on microphone
13. Speaker talking about protest to cheers
14. Wide of crowd reacting to speakers
STORYLINE:
A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing her of helping a man who is illegally in the country evade U.S. immigration authorities seeking to arrest him in her courthouse.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan entered the plea during a brief arraignment in federal court. Magistrate Judge Stephen Dries set a July trial date. Dugan’s lead attorney, Steven Biskupic, told the judge that he expects the trial to last a week.
Dugan, her lawyers and prosecutors left the hearing without speaking to reporters.
The accusations against Dugan
She is charged with concealing an individual to prevent arrest and obstruction. Prosecutors say she escorted Eduardo Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer out of her courtroom through a back door on April 18 after learning that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in the courthouse seeking to arrest him for being in the country illegally. She could face up to six years in prison if convicted on both counts.
Her attorneys say she’s innocent. They filed a motion Wednesday to dismiss the case, saying she was acting in her official capacity as a judge and therefore is immune to prosecution. They also maintain that the federal government violated Wisconsin’s sovereignty by disrupting a state courtroom and prosecuting a state judge.
A public backlash
Dugan’s arrest has inflamed tensions between Trump administration and Democrats over the president’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the courthouse ahead of Thursday’s hearing, with some holding signs that read, “Only Fascists Arrest Judges — Drop the Charges,” “Department of Justice Over-Reach” and “Keep Your Hands Off Our Judges!!” The crowd chanted “Due process rights,” “Hands off our freedom,” and “Si se puede” — Spanish for “Yes, we can” — which is a rallying cry for immigrant rights advocates.
One man stood alone across the street holding a Trump flag.
The case background
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