"Things then proceeded to become really bad - the administration attacked private industries with executive orders, student journalists and protestors faced deportation risks for sharing thoughts the state deemed unacceptable, and the FBI started arresting judges who didn't cooperate with sending immigrants to torture prisons. Judge Hannah Dugan's case made it clear that ICE was no longer in the business of excluding courthouses from their patrol range. That was the norm prior to 2018 and there was wisdom to it; ICE is scary."
"She resigned shortly after being convicted of obstructing federal agents. You can read her resignation letter on the tweet below: Nice to know that she still has some hope in the process. Now to see if it was well-placed. Her resignation moots the effort to impeach her off the bench and opens it to whomever the governor appoints in her stead. Big shoes to fill."
After the second election victory, enforcement escalated dramatically: executive orders targeted private industries, student journalists and protestors faced deportation risk for disfavored speech, and the FBI began arresting judges who resisted sending immigrants to abusive detention. Judge Hannah Dugan's conviction and resignation demonstrated that ICE no longer avoided courthouse patrols, reviving longstanding access-to-justice concerns because courthouse encounters could lead to deportation. Dugan resigned after conviction for obstructing federal agents, mooting impeachment efforts and creating a vacancy to be filled by gubernatorial appointment. The situation signaled a broader erosion of safeguards between immigration enforcement and everyday civil proceedings.
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