Immigrant Whom a Judge Is Accused of Aiding Agrees to a Plea Deal

The New York Times ^ | June 23, 2025, 4:12 p.m. ET | Julie Bosman

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Federal prosecutors say Judge Hannah C. Dugan helped the man evade immigration agents who were waiting in a Milwaukee courthouse to arrest him.

Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, became an inadvertent figure in the debate over immigration enforcement when federal prosecutors charged a Milwaukee judge this spring with obstruction and said she had helped him evade immigration officials.

On Monday, a plea agreement was made public in the immigration case against Mr. Flores-Ruiz. The documents, signed on June 20, say he has agreed to plead guilty to entering the United States illegally after being removed from the country in 2013. According to the agreement, Mr. Flores-Ruiz will be deported from the United States after he serves whatever sentence he receives.

The offense carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a fine of $250,000, but the agreement says a lower sentence is expected.

Martin J. Pruhs, a lawyer for Mr. Flores-Ruiz, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

The agreement did not mention the Milwaukee judge, Hannah C. Dugan, or whether Mr. Flores-Ruiz would testify in her trial on the obstruction charge, which has yet to be scheduled.

Separately from the federal immigration case, he still faces misdemeanor domestic abuse charges in Wisconsin, stemming from an altercation he had with his roommates, according to a criminal complaint. Those charges were the reason Mr. Flores-Ruiz was appearing in Judge Dugan’s courtroom in April. Mr. Flores-Ruiz has pleaded not guilty to those charges, which include battery.

Federal immigration agents discovered after Mr. Flores-Ruiz was arrested on the state charges that he was not in the country legally, and made plans to arrest him at the Milwaukee County Courthouse.

Judge Dugan was indicted by a federal grand jury las month on charges of concealing a person from arrest and...

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Hopefully the plea deal involves him testifying against the judge.

[11th_VA]

Ditto - Hahahahaha - that would be sweet !!

[dznutz]

Good. Flip him and put this “judge” under the prison.

[Dogbert41]

Hence the saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.”

[miniTAX]

Hence the saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.”

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For Demonrats, especially from the higher castes like this judge, the saying is ‘no bad deed goes punished’.
Thanks to our glorious Bondi’s DOJ, this saying, along xith ‘justice delayed is justice denied’, remain truer than ever.

[FlingWingFlyer]

When are we going to start putting these damn “cheap judges” in prison for aiding and abetting human and child traffickers?