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It's a crime to harbor or aid illegals in evading federal authorities. So this is a legal obligation of every person.

it's also unconstitutional to deny people due process but that's clearly been disregarded by the current administration. Reap what you sow.

Except that the authorities didn't have a valid warrant, signed by a judge, to arrest someone.

(It's not a crime to aid illegals if the authorities don't have a valid warrant.)

An administrative warrant is still valid for arrest, it doesn't need to be signed by a judge. If you think it needs to be then laws needs to be changed, but that is how laws are right now.

It's not valid for arrest on private premises, like a courthouse. Only out in public.

So the judge is no more "obstructing justice" than if I refuse to open the door to let ICE agents in to arrest someone with an administrative warrant, and then that person leaves out the back door.

ICE should have obtained a judicial warrant, but they didn't. That's their fault.

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