Woke Judge Cries Racism, Vows to Halt Court Over ICE’s ‘Concentration Camps’

A Wisconsin judge is threatening not to suspend court proceedings in solidarity with Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested on Friday for helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest by immigration officers.

Sawyer County Circuit Judge Monica Isham emailed all Wisconsin state judges declaring she would rather go to jail or lose her job than allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove anyone from her courtroom to “concentration camps.”

"Judge Hannah Dugan of Milwaukee County stood on her Oath in the very building she swore to uphold it and she was arrested and charged with felonies for it. Enough is enough," the judge wrote in an email obtained by Wisconsin Right Now.

"I have no intention of allowing anyone to be taken out of my courtroom by ICE and sent to a concentration camp, especially without due process as BOTH of the constitutions we swore to support requires," Isham continued, aligning herself with Dugan’s felony charges for aiding Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a 30-year-old Mexican national, in evading arrest. "Should I start raising bail money? I no longer feel protected or respected as a Judge in this administration."

"If there is no guidance for us and no support for us, I will refuse to hold court in Branch 2 in Sawyer County. I will not put myself or my staff who may feel compelled to help me or my community in harm's way. If this costs me my job or gets me arrested then at least I know I did the right thing."

Isham, elected in 2023 as the first Native American on Sawyer County’s bench, also claimed she has been the subject of racist attacks since President Trump returned to office.

"Since January 20th I have endured many racial attacks in my court," she wrote. "While on the bench in my courtroom, I was called an 'immigrant', I have been told I 'have no jurisdiction over white people in my county'.

I had a prospective juror loudly proclaim that she would not follow any orders from a brown or black person and that if the defendant were black or brown, they would find them guilty.'"

Dugan, a Milwaukee County judge for nearly a decade, faces charges of obstruction of proceedings and concealing a person to prevent arrest, carrying a maximum six-year sentence.

According to an FBI affidavit, Dugan, angered by ICE’s presence, directed illegal immigrant Flores-Ruiz, a 30-year-old Mexican national previously deported in 2013, through a nonpublic jury door to evade arrest on April 18.

Flores-Ruiz, charged with three misdemeanor domestic abuse counts, was apprehended after being chased down by law enforcement officials.

FBI Director Kash Patel stated Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested at her courthouse.”

In a clear signal that the administration welcomed a political fight over the judge’s arrest, the FBI director, Kash Patel, posted a photograph of Dugan in handcuffs on Twitter/X on Friday night, captioned: “No one is above the law.”

Dugan was released after a federal court appearance and is set for arraignment on May 15.

Last week, a recently retired New Mexico judge and his wife were busted by the feds for allegedly housing a suspected illegal immigrant gang banger at their home, further exposing the contempt activist judges have for the rule of law.

Former Doña Ana County Magistrate Judge Jose “Joel” Cano and his wife, Nancy Cano, were taken into custody following the federal raid at their Las Cruces home on Thursday.

For harboring Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, an accused illegal migrant who the feds say is a member of the violent Venezuelan gang, the judge is charged with tampering with evidence, while his wife was slapped with a conspiracy to tamper charge.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized “deranged” judges, vowing to prosecute those obstructing federal law enforcement.

"We are going to prosecute you and we are prosecuting you," Bondi said on Fox News Friday following Dugan's arrest. "We could not believe, actually, that a judge really did that.

"You cannot obstruct a criminal case – and really, shame on her," she continued. "It was a domestic violence case of all cases. She is protecting a criminal defendant over victims of crime."

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Border Crossings Surge Under Biden, Decline Under Trump

U.S. Customs and Border Protection data shows over 1.1 million migrant apprehensions at the southern border in the first six months of the Biden administration, January to June 2021, compared to 188,829 in the four months of Trump’s second term.

Biden’s relaxed policies fueled the surge, while Trump’s aggressive enforcement, including deportations and border wall expansion, reduced crossings.

Isham’s defiance and the arrests of Dugan and Berz underscore systemic judicial resistance to federal immigration enforcement, raising concerns about unchecked power within the judiciary.