Disgraced Wisconsin judge avoids jail time for helping illegal migrant evade ICE
Former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was convicted of felony obstruction for helping an illegal migrant from Mexico, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, evade ICE agents. Dugan received a $5,000 fine but no jail time, despite federal prosecutors seeking 15-21 months behind bars. Her attorney states they look forward to appealing the conviction.
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FIRST ON FOX – Republican Congressman Greg Steube from Florida has filed an article of impeachment against Judge John E. Steele, Fox News Digital has learned.
House Resolution 1431 accuses Senior U.S. District Judge John E. Steele of the Middle District of Florida of committing “high crimes and misdemeanors” by ordering the release of convicted Cuban plane hijacker Miakel Guerra Morales from ICE custody.
Morales, who is an illegal immigrant from Cuba, was released from ICE custody following Judge Steele’s July 8 order.
A courtroom gavel, left, is seen with an inset of Maikel Guerra Morales, right. (iStock; DHS)
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“This is exactly the kind of activist judicial overreach the American people are sick of. Judge Steele had every legal justification to keep a convicted plane hijacker off our streets, and he chose to let him go instead,” Congressman Steube said.
Florida State Sen. Greg Steube sponsored the bill in the Florida Senate. “If you look at the history of why we as a country do (daylight saving), it doesn’t make any sense in today’s world.” ( )
In 2003, Morales and several others assaulted a flight crew and hijacked a Cuban commuter airplane that he boarded in Nueva Gerona, DHS says.
Morales forced the pilot to fly more than 100 miles north to Monroe County, Florida, where it eventually landed at Key West International Airport.
The U.S. Marshals Service arrested him and charged him with aircraft piracy and conspiracy to interfere with a flight crew when the flight arrived.
He was convicted and sentenced to 22 years behind bars.
People walk on the street during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 6, 2026. (Ramon Espinosa)
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Despite the conviction, Judge Steele, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, ordered Morales’ release last week, citing a Supreme Court ruling governing the detention of foreign nationals whose removal cannot be carried out.
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“The Government cannot lock individuals in a cell indefinitely as a workaround for a stalled deportation process,” the order said.