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Federal Judge Blasts Border Patrol Chief for Lying About Violence at Chicago-Area Protests

HeadlineNov 07, 2025

A federal judge in Chicago has banned federal agents from using tear gas, pepper spray and other riot weapons amid Trump’s immigration crackdown in the city. The latest ruling by Judge Sara Ellis extends temporary restrictions issued last month in which she ordered federal agents to use body cameras and report on excessive use of force during raids in the Chicago area. There have been mounting reports of immigration agents pointing guns at civilians during the operations, as well as attacking protesters and journalists. Ellis blasted Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino for admitting that he lied about being hit with a rock during a raid in Chicago’s Little Village before deploying tear gas on a crowd of people. Judge Ellis wrote, “The government would have people believe instead that the Chicagoland area is in a vise hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue, and the government’s own evidence in this case belies that assertion.”

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