Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defiantly defended the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies on Thursday during a House committee hearing, portraying migrants as a major threat faced by the nation that justifies a crackdown that has seen widespread arrests,

The case against Dugan echoes a criminal prosecution of a Massachusetts judge during the Republican president's first term in office for allegedly aiding a migrant in avoiding arrest. The Justice Department dropped those charges in 2022 during Democrat Joe Biden's presidency before a trial, and the judge has since faced judicial ethics proceedings.