Feds charge Mass. judge with obstruction for aiding undocumented immigrant's escape from ICE
How long will it take to start charging Mayors and City Councils?
BOSTON – Federal prosecutors charged a Massachusetts judge with obstruction of justice Thursday, saying she prevented immigration agents from arresting an undocumented immigrant after a state court hearing by allowing him to leave the courthouse through a back door.
The indictment marked an unusual escalation in the federal government's strict immigration enforcement policy, and its battles with states and local governments that shelter migrants. The indictment accuses District Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph and a court officer, Wesley MacGregor, of allowing the immigrant to leave the courthouse, out of a federal agent's sight, and lying about it later.
BOSTON – Federal prosecutors charged a Massachusetts judge with obstruction of justice Thursday, saying she prevented immigration agents from arresting an undocumented immigrant after a state court hearing by allowing him to leave the courthouse through a back door.
The indictment marked an unusual escalation in the federal government's strict immigration enforcement policy, and its battles with states and local governments that shelter migrants. The indictment accuses District Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph and a court officer, Wesley MacGregor, of allowing the immigrant to leave the courthouse, out of a federal agent's sight, and lying about it later.
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