In Massachusetts, federal prosecutors have charged a state judge and a former court officer with obstruction of justice for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade ICE agents at a district courthouse in the city of Newton. Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph and officer Wesley MacGregor helped an undocumented man sneak out of the courthouse through the basement back door, knowing ICE agents were looking for him in the front lobby. Both Joseph and MacGregor pleaded not guilty; a lawyer for MacGregor called the charges “factually wrong and legally questionable” and “federal immigration enforcement run amok.”