A federal judge in Wisconsin on Tuesday rejected a state jurist’s claims of judicial immunity in a case that is testing the limits of the Trump administration’s ability to bar local officials from interfering with its deportation campaign.

The failed attempt to dismiss the case means that Judge Hannah C. Dugan of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court remains on track to stand trial on federal charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings.

Judge Lynn Adelman, who was appointed to the U.S. District Court by President Bill Clinton and who is presiding over Dugan’s case, said the state judge had not shown that she should be exempted from the prosecution because of her role.

“There is no basis for granting immunity simply because some of the allegations in the indict

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