Federal agents from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security raided the Providence, Rhode Island, office of prominent immigration attorney Joseph Molina Flynn on Thursday. "There is court-authorized activity at that location,

The FBI raided the Rhode Island law offices of Central Falls Municipal Judge Joseph Molina Flynn on Thursday. (WPRI)

PROVIDENCE — FBI agents on Thursday searched a downtown Providence office building that includes the office of a Rhode Island immigration lawyer. Joseph Molina Flynn, who was also Municipal Court judge for Central Falls, resigned from the bench after the search, Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera told the Globe.

An FBI and Department of Homeland Security search of a Providence law office on Thursday has led to the resignation of Joseph Molina Flynn,

Agents from the FBI stormed a building on Dorrance Street in downtown Providence Thursday morning. The area houses the offices of Joseph Molina Flynn, a Rhode Island and Massachusetts immigration attorney and Central Falls municipal court judge.

The FBI and Providence, Rhode Island, police raided a Central Falls Municipal Court judge's office Thursday, though the reasons are unknown.

PROVIDENCE – Central Falls Municipal Court Judge Joseph Molina Flynn has resigned his position with that city following the FBI’s raid of his downtown Providence offices on Thursday morning.

Less than one week after Donald Trump's inauguration, the president has already signed several executive orders in an effort to crackdown on immigration, by increasing the number of deportations, one Rhode Island judge is already feeling the impact of the changes.

Mayor Maria Rivera said a Central Falls Municipal Court judge resigned Thursday after the FBI searched his Providence law office. Judge Molina Flynn resigned after his office on Dorrance Street was searched,