Dugan previously worked for legal aid organizations and was once the Milwaukee Bar Association president. An alderman who knows her says she's the "model of public service."

Patel's post accused Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan of helping a man evade arrest by federal immigration authorities.

A judge in Milwaukee is accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, a case that has immediately become a high-profile confrontation between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the Republican administration's immigration policies.