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The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building houses the Fort Snelling Immigration Court, where Nathan Hansen was recently appointed as a judge. (Photo by Glen Stubbe/Minnesota Reformer)

One of Minnesota’s most unhinged right-wing posters is the state’s newest immigration judge

Nathan Hansen, a right-wing attorney and influential X user who has amplified racist conspiracies and fringe legal theories, will make decisions on which immigrants will be deported in his new job as ...

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