A Wisconsin federal judge has agreed with an earlier magistrate’s decision that Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan should face trial on charges of obstructing federal immigration agents.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman denied a motion to dismiss the charges. The decision supports a preliminary ruling from a magistrate who originally recommended that the dismissal request had no merit. Adelman’s ruling clears the way for Dugan to stand trial, pending a potential appeal of the ruling.

Dugan is charged with assisting an illegal alien migrant avoid arrest at the county courthouse in April. She was charged with obstruction and concealing an individual wanted for arrest.

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