The immigrant whom Milwaukee County judge Hannah Dugan allegedly helped evade immigration authorities has pleaded guilty to being in the country illegally.

Eduardo Flores-Ruiz was charged with reentering the country illegally after being deported. Flores-Ruiz now faces up to two years in prison in a deportation agreement with prosecutors. Online records did not list a sentencing date for him.

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He first entered the United States illegally in 2013, but was soon arrested and deported. He then returned to the U.S. before being charged in March with misdemeanor domestic battery.

Dugan, the judge of Flores-Ruiz in the misdemeanor domestic battery case, allegedly assisted the man’s evasion of immigration officials. She allegedly told him, “Wait, come with me,” before showing him to a special courtroom door after immigration officials showed up to arrest him.

Immigration officials later caught Flores-Ruiz after a footrace.

Dugan believed she was acting within her capacity as a judge, and is immune from prosecution.

The judge was arrested back in April and was indicted on charges of obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest. Her employer, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, suspended her from the bench after her arrest.

Dugan’s motion to dismiss the case has been dropped and her trial is set for Dec. 15. Jury selection will take place on Dec. 11 and 12.

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She faces up to six years in prison if convicted. Democrats previously were upset about Dugan’s arrest, claiming the administration overreached.

“In this country, people who are suspected of criminal wrongdoing are innocent until their guilt is proven beyond reasonable doubt,” Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) said. “Unfortunately, we have seen in recent months the president and the Trump administration repeatedly use dangerous rhetoric to attack and attempt to undermine the judiciary at every level, including flat-out disobeying the highest court in the land and threatening to impeach and remove judges who do not rule in their favor.”