NOW 2 former court clerks arrested for helping illegal aliens avoid arrest * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Escapes from court (DOJ photo)
Even as a former Wisconsin judge, Hannah Dugan, has been convicted but awaits sentencing for helping an illegal alien escape federal law enforcement officers in her courthouse, another indictment has charged that two now-former court clerks in Utah did the same.
According to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Utah, Jennifer Joma, 27, and Lauren Kelsey Morrow, 26, both of Logan, Utah, have been indicted.
“According to allegations in court documents, on April 9, 2026, Joma and Morrow were working at the Logan City Municipal Justice Court in Logan when an ICE Enforcement and Removal Officer (ICE-ERO) entered the justice court to arrest an illegal alien for immigration related charges. The ICE officer had an administrative warrant for the illegal alien who was at the justice court for a court hearing,” the government statement explained.
“The ICE officer left the secure area and eventually went outside and waited in his car for his target to leave the courthouse before trying to make the lawful arrest.”
However, the government statement said, “As alleged in court documents, after Joma and Morrow learned that ICE was there to arrest an illegal alien, they took steps to identify ICE’s target. These steps included misusing court databases to determine the alienage of everyone who was listed on the court docket. During their searches, they identified multiple non-U.S. citizens, and before those non-citizens would leave the courthouse, Joma and Morrow intercepted them. ICE’s intended target was among the unauthorized aliens whom Joma and Morrow helped slip out a backdoor of the courthouse. Joma and Morrow led the individuals down a secure area, several hallways, and eventually out of the courthouse without being seen by ICE.”
The evidence includes, the report said, video where “Morrow and Joma were spotted on a surveillance camera waving and smiling at it, and Morrow used her middle finger in an obscene gesture at the camera.”
Two Former Utah Court Clerks Arrested and Facing Federal Charges after Allegedly Helping Illegal Aliens Evade ICE Arrest
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Shortly after, Joma drove off with three aliens in her car before returning alone to the courthouse for work, the report said.
They are under arrest, accused of obstructing immigration proceedings as well as obstructing lawful enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.
Charges also include conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens and harboring illegal aliens and Joma is charged with transporting illegal aliens. They are scheduled to appear in court.
The arrests were announced by United States Attorney Melissa Holyoak of the District of Utah.
The case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to “repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.”
Social media was filled with outrage at the alleged actions, including one recommendation that the defendants be “considered an honorary illegal citizen and be deported to the place the illegal they helped will be going.”
Dugan was convicted of a similar stunt, with evidence showing she tried to intimidate federal officers waiting outside her courtroom to arrest a fugitive, then sending them to another office, before allowing the illegal alien out of her courtroom through a jury door. She was convicted by a jury, but recently her sentencing hearing was delayed as the judge considered new arguments by the defense.
Bob Unruh