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12. allegations Milwaukee County judge tried to help undocumented defendant avoid arrest
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 03:33 PM
Apr 2025

Daniel Bice
Chris Ramirez
Vanessa Swales
Mary Spicuzza
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

... "As a point of clarification below, a warrant was not presented in the hallway on the 6th floor," Dugan wrote.

That prompted Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Marisabel Cabrera to say in a later email to the other judges that her understanding was that ICE agents had presented an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant ...

"A judicial warrant is issued by a federal court based on probable cause and permits law enforcement to enter premises that are not public and search to seize property or arrest someone subject to the protections of the 4th Amendment," said Daun, who previously served as Milwaukee County's chief legal officer.

"You do not need to open the door or permit entry or a search when presented only with an ICE or so-called 'immigration' warrant," she said ...

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/22/fbi-probing-claim-mke-judge-helped-undocumented-defendant-evade-arrest/83220833007/

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