⁍ A Massachusetts judge lost her bid to dismiss an indictment charging her and a court officer with obstructing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting an illegal immigrant.
⁍ Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph’s lawyers had argued she was protected from prosecution by judicial immunity.
– A Massachusetts judge has lost her bid to dismiss an indictment charging her and a court officer with obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting an illegal immigrant at a 2018 court proceeding. Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph’s lawyers had argued she was protected from prosecution by judicial immunity and that the charges violated the constitutional rights of states to decline to facilitate immigration arrests, per Westlaw Today. On Monday, a federal judge refused to dismiss the indictment against Joseph, who is accused of failing to act to prevent ICE from arresting an illegal immigrant during a 2018 court proceeding. Joseph’s lawyers said she was protected from prosecution by judicial immunity and that the charges violated the constitutional rights of states to decline to facilitate immigration arrests.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/immigration-massachusetts/massachusetts-judge-loses-bid-to-dismiss-ice-arrest-obstruction-charges-idUSL2N2EY25C