Judge orders improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after claims of inhumane conditions
- On Wednesday, a federal judge in Chicago ordered improvements at the Broadview immigration facility, requiring clean bedding, hygiene supplies and medications for 14 days.
- Detainees told the court that conditions were 'inhuman,' prompting a federal judge in Chicago to reconvene at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday for a temporary restraining order.
- During a preliminary injunction hearing, attorneys introduced videotaped footage entered at the hearing showing Senior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino grabbing, tackling a man and tossing tear gas, which Bovino denied as reportable force.
- U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis has already ordered federal immigration agents to wear badges, banned certain riot-control tactics, and required body cameras after criticizing officials for ignoring earlier orders, though an appeals court blocked a briefing order.
- Justice Department lawyers accused protesters of threatening officers, while witnesses and protesters described unprovoked pepper ball and tear gas use, and Juan Munoz, Oak Park Township Trustee, said he was detained eight hours.
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