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The Wisconsin judge who was arrested by the FBI on Friday and accused of interfering with the arrest of an undocumented immigrant has a long history of decades advocating the poor and vulnerable.
The judge of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Hannah Dugan, faces two charges for obstruction and hide the person from an arrest after the federal authorities accused her of directing a defendant (who was attending an audience in her room last Friday and facing charges for domestic aggression) to go out through a non -public door in order to avoid the immigration agents To arrest it.
The man, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican, was ordered to be deported from the United States in 2013, and the authorities learned that he had returned to the US without authorization after his arrest in the local case of domestic violence. He was captured outside the court by the immigration authorities after a short persecution.
Dugan’s lawyers said in a brief statement that the judge “has committed to the rule of law and the principles of due process throughout her career as a lawyer and judge” and that “he will defend vigorously and hopes to be exonerated.”
Dugan was first chosen for a six -year mandate in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in 2016 and re -elected in 2022. He has a long history of decades working with help organizations and was an active member or leader of several legal beneficial groups and organizations of the Milwaukee area. Much of his experience seems to focus on the advice for the poor.
Before his election, Dugan exercised civil law for six years, according to his LinkedIn. Previously, she was executive director of Catholic charities in southeastern Wisconsin and was president of the Milwaukee Lawyers Association. She also worked as an attached assistant professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Marquette. Her LinkedIn describes her as a “frequent speaker on issues of ethics and poverty law.”
In 2003, it was appointed by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Milwaukee for a Board that evaluated the complaints of sexual abuse against members of the clergy, according to reports of the media at that time.
He often wrote about civil rights and the law as a collaborator of the Milwaukee Independent. His campaign’s Facebook page shows his participation in a variety of local community events: marching in parades, planting US flags in a veteran cemetery and judging poetry competitions.
In a 2021 article that he wrote for the publication of the state bar, he described as a “passion project” taking a photo in front of each County Court in Wisconsin.
Dugan received his bachelor’s degree and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree from Boston College.
