Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan this spring with obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest. They allege she showed 31-year-old Eduardo Flores-Ruiz out of her courtroom through a back door when she learned federal authorities were in the courthouse looking to arrest him.

The case against Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan centers on one of the country's most fraught issues, immigration.

Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is set to go on trial Dec. 15 on charges she obstructed federal agents trying to arrest an undocumented immigrant.