Milwaukee County WI — Courthouse ICE Arrests and the Hannah Dugan Prosecution
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— Federal jury convicted Milwaukee Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan of felony obstruction (Dec 18, 2025) for directing an immigration target out a side door of her courtroom during a 2025 ICE courthouse operation; she resigned Jan 3, 2026. Her appeal argues a common-law privilege bars civil/ICE arrests in courthouses — a ruling that could bar ICE courthouse operations nationwide. ICE has continued courthouse arrests in Milwaukee (at least a fourth reported by early 2026), and the downtown DHS office is the busiest ICE arrest site in Wisconsin.