‘Wait, come with me’: Illegal alien a judge is accused of helping flee ICE pleads guilty

Judge Hannah Dugan arrested in Milwaukee on Friday, April 25, 2025, for allegedly aiding a suspected criminal illegal alien

The illegal alien a Wisconsin judge is charged with helping try to flee ICE agents wanting to arrest him, now has pleaded guilty.

A report in the Washington Examiner confirms that Eduardo Flores-Ruiz was accused of re-entering the United States illegally after already being deported.

He is facing a sentence of up to two years in prison in a deportation agreement with prosecutors.

The Examiner noted he entered the U.S. illegally in 2013, but was deported. Then he returned, and found himself in court because of allegations of domestic battery.

Hannah Dugan was the judge in that case, and now is facing a trial for allegedly helping him try to flee ICE agents waiting at the courthouse to arrest him.,

Dugan “allegedly told him, ‘Wait, come with me,’ before showing him to a special courtroom door after immigration officials showed up to arrest him,” the report said.

Dugan insisted that her actions to help a criminal illegal alien were protected by absolute immunity.

She is facing a trial Dec. 15 and could spent six years in prison if convicted.

A hearing is underway in the federal case involving Milwaukee Co Judge Hannah Dugan. Judge Lynn Adelman has set a Dec 15 trial date after previously ruling the case will move forward

Dugan is accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade ICE agents

— Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) September 3, 2025

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan’s trial on federal charges alleging she tried to help an undocumented immigrant evade arrest has been set for Dec. 15. https://t.co/IiLjwupBh4

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 3, 2025

A commentary at Twitchy snarkily was headlined, “No One Is Above the Law …”

ABC reported, “Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan’s trial on federal charges alleging she tried to help an undocumented immigrant evade arrest has been set for Dec. 15. Jury selection will be on Dec. 11 and 12, Judge Lynn Adelman determined during a scheduling hearing on Wednesday.”

Dugan has claimed she didn’t do anything wrong, and unsuccessfully argued in court that she holds judicial immunity for anything she does in the courthouse.

WND reported when Adelman had adopted a recommendation from U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph that Dugan’s motion to dismiss the criminal case against her because of “immunity” should be denied.

“There is no basis for granting immunity simply because some of the allegations in the indictment describe conduct that could be considered ‘part of a judge’s job.’ As the magistrate judge noted, the same is true in the bribery prosecutions, concededly valid, where the judges were prosecuted for performing official acts intertwined with bribery,” the judge said.

“Even if a more limited version of judicial immunity exists, it does not support dismissal of the instant indictment.”

Dugan was on video instructing ICE agents to go elsewhere, then she allowed Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an illegal alien before her court on charges of attacking other people, out a private back door of her courtroom, leading to a nonpublic area of the courthouse.

Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley pointed out that Dugan has a “lack of a credible defense.”

“Indeed, despite having high-powered lawyers such as Paul Clement, her recent social media posts seem more like a pitch for jury nullification.”

He noted the criminal complaint explains “a six-person arrest team (including an ICE officer, a Customs and Border Protection officer, two FBI special agents, and two DEA agents) came to the courthouse to arrest Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican immigrant facing three misdemeanor battery counts they intended to deport. He is accused of hitting someone 30 times during a fight that erupted over complaints that his music was too loud and assaulting three separate individuals, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.”

Flores-Ruiz had been deported previously and came back illegally again, a felony, so he was issued an order for expedited removal, which means he could be deported with no further court hearings.

Dugan facilitated his escape, then was arrested and charged with obstruction.

“Recently, Dugan went public with an interview that notably lacked any discernible defense, other than stating that she helps defendants use the ‘backdoor’ when she considers circumstances that ‘warrant it,'” the report said.

Turley explained, “The lack of any cognizable claim in Dugan’s public pitch suggests that she might be hoping for a juror to simply vote to acquit as a visceral or political statement. This is a liberal jury pool where jury nullification must be a concern for prosecutors even though such an argument cannot be made overtly by the defense to the jurors.”

Reports confirm Dugan was “visibly angry” when informed of the ICE officers present.

WND has reported a grand jury accused Dugan of knowingly concealing a person for whose arrest a warrant and process had been issued, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1071. She is charged in Count Two with obstruction of the United States Department of Homeland Security’s removal proceedings, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1505.