The political landscape in the United States has been rocked by a new law imposing the death penalty on politicians and officials in migrant sanctuary cities for harboring illegal immigrants. This unprecedented legal shift has already claimed its first high-profile target: Judge Shelley Joseph. Accused of “willful judicial misconduct” for allowing an illegal immigrant to escape ICE arrest in 2018, Joseph’s case is set to become a landmark in this new era of stringent immigration enforcement.