US EditionBorder Patrol official Bovino due in court to answer questions about Chicago immigration crackdown
Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol Chief Bovino to testify amid allegations of excessive force during immigration raids involving over 1,800 arrests in Chicago, including tear gas use.
- A federal judge, Sara L. Ellis, is instructing Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino on tactics for enforcing immigration policies as pursued by President Trump.
- Judge Ellis raised concerns over the use of tear gas against protesters, particularly near children at a Halloween event.
- Bovino agreed to implement body cameras for officers and to give warnings before deploying tear gas.
- The Department of Homeland Security defended the use of gas canisters, stating it is necessary when agents face attacks from crowds.
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Chicago Judge orders Border Patrol Commander to report daily on operations
A federal judge in Chicago, Sara Ellis, has ordered Customs and Border Protection Commander Gregory Bovino to equip with a body camera and meet with her daily updates of reports of tear gas use near children in a Halloween parade. The move follows Elliss temporary restraining order (TRO) against federal agents, originally provided following journalists' alleged “extreme brutality” outside a local ICE facility.
Judge Rips Border Patrol Commander Over Tear Gas Use
Source: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / Getty U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino has recently boasted that nearly 3,000 people have been arrested in Chicago so far since the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the city began last month, but, on Tuesday, Bovino was admonished by a federal judge over the way his agents have gone about making these arrests, which, as we’ve noted multiple times, has been largely comprised of wor…
Judge orders Border Patrol official Bovino to meet with her daily on Chicago immigration crackdown
Greg Bovino, who has become the face of the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps in America’s big cities, got an earful from U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis as soon as he settled into the witness chair in his green uniform.
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