Senator John Cornyn of Texas said Trump is «following through» on his campaign promises.
Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, defended the Trump administration’s arrest of a Wisconsin judge accused of helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest by federal agents.
Last week, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for allegedly helping Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a 30-year-old Mexican national in court on battery charges, exit her courtroom when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers showed up to arrest him, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Since beginning his second term, President Donald Trump has rolled out an aggressive immigration agenda, which has included mass deportations and a shift toward stricter enforcement and fewer legal immigration pathways. The sweeping actions have reignited debate not only about immigration policy, but also about who gets to stay in the U.S. and under what conditions.
As a result, the Trump administration has clashed with judges at all levels over immigration policies and enforcement since Inauguration Day.
Dugan’s arrest sparked criticism from Trump opponents who say she was unjustly arrested and viewed the move as an attack on the judicial system. Others, however, said they believed her alleged actions constituted obstruction of an ICE arrest.
Cornyn, who is up for reelection in 2026, weighed in on the arrest during an interview on Fox News on Monday morning.
«In America, no one is above the law, including public officials and judges, and I say that as a former Texas state judge myself for 13 years, so this is pretty egregious stuff», he said.
