Protesters are chanting and marching outside the FBI on Saturday after agents arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities.

"Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week," Patel, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, wrote in a now-deleted post on X, formerly Twitter.

In a sharply worded ruling, a federal judge said the government failed to provide the court with substantial evidence showing that the couple were members of a gang and subject to deportation.

A former New Mexico judge has been arrested on a federal charge for allegedly destroying a phone belonging to a tenant who is suspected of being a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

A former New Mexico judge and his wife were arrested Thursday after federal law enforcement learned that their tenant, an alleged Tren de Aragua gang member, was arrested at the judge's home.