Judges Are Slowing Down Trump’s Fascist Deportation Regime. Now He’s Arresting Them For It.

The FBI arrestedĀ a sitting judge in a Milwaukee County court in Wisconsin on Friday, claiming that she obstructed immigration enforcement agents from detaining an undocumented immigrant in her courtroom.

Milwaukee County Circuit CourtĀ Judge Hannah Dugan’s arrestĀ is not only the latest escalation in Donald Trump’s fascist deportation program, it also marks the administration’s eagerness to take aim at any and all constraints on its power to act.

ā€œWe believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse,ā€Ā FBI director Kash Patel in a post on X. Patel added that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ā€œchased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since.ā€

In the absence of opposition party challenges and disempowered labor, courts are one of the few sites of meaningful pushback on Trump’s agenda.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250425202345/https://theintercept.com/2025/04/25/judge-arrest-trump-immigrants-deport/

Less and less land of the free, more and more home of the brave.

It’s over boys. It’s second amendment or nothing now.

  • Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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    11 days ago

    Because the press is complicit, they are intentionally avoiding that word. They usually say something like ā€œannexā€ or something similarly soft and benign.

    Except that’s not what’s being discussed. Attempting to forcefully ā€œannexā€ a sovereign country already has a name, and that’s ā€œinvasion.ā€

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      11 days ago

      It isn’t implied at all. Even the Wikipedia page states he specifically ruled out military force. This is hysterics and misinformation. He does enough bullshit that people don’t need to make shit up. The media frequently reports what he says verbatim, and he often makes statements on the internet that are forever. At no point has he threatened an invasion of Canada.

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            10 days ago

            One ā€œNoā€. Trump flip flops worse on ā€œNoā€ worse than a pendulum in an earthquake… Just look at his tariff statements.

            And you’d have us believe his ā€œNoā€ to military action in Canada is immutable? A fool is a fool.

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            10 days ago

            You must be a fool then. You asked for sources, were given sources, and chose not to believe them.

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              That ā€œsourceā€ was discussing Panama and Greenland. My source was specifically discussing Canada. Fool.