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The incident has set off a torrent of criticism by Democrats and applause by some Republicans.
Supporters of Hannah Dugan held a rally at the US Courthouse in Milwaukee. Source: AAP / Lee Matz/AP
Pam Bondi, who as US attorney-general oversees the FBI, defended the arrest of Dugan, and issued a chilling warning to those who may harbour undocumented migrants: “We will find you.”
The complaint alleges Dugan escorted Flores-Ruiz out of the courtroom through a door used by jury members in order to keep him from the agents.
Hannah Dugan was elected to the bench in 2016. Source: AAP / Lee Matz/AP
Dugan, who was elected to the bench in 2016, appeared in court on Friday before a judge in the federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee, where she made no public comments, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
The Trump administration has been butting heads with federal judges, rights groups and Democrats who say he has trampled or ignored constitutionally enshrined rights in rushing to deport migrants, sometimes without the right to a hearing.
On Thursday, a former county magistrate judge in New Mexico and his wife reportedly were taken into custody after federal agents raided their home over their harbouring of an alleged undocumented migrant who investigators said was a member of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang.
