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Chicago Judge Orders Federal Immigration Agents to Wear Body Cameras During Operation Midway Blitz

The ruling follows reports of tear gas and other tactics used in recent clashes, with the ICE field director ordered to testify Monday on compliance with earlier court limits.

National Guard members walk at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
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Officer Radule Bojovic in a photo shared by the Hanover Park Police Department.

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis expanded her temporary restraining order to require all agents working under Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago area to wear body-worn cameras and keep them on during law-enforcement activities.
  • Ellis summoned Chicago ICE Field Office Director Russell Hott to appear in court on Oct. 20 to explain incidents that suggest agents failed to give required warnings and to wear identification as previously ordered.
  • The judge cited news images of tear gas and aggressive arrests in neighborhoods including Albany Park and the Southeast Side; a Justice Department attorney disputed media accounts and raised logistical hurdles to immediate camera deployment.
  • More than 1,000 arrests have been reported in the Chicago area since September as protests continue around ICE facilities, with videos showing pepper balls, smoke and tear gas used during confrontations.
  • In Portland, city leaders unveiled the Protect Portland Initiative to resist federal troop deployments and bolster sanctuary policies as Judge Karin J. Immergut considers whether to extend a restraining order blocking National Guard deployment and the 9th Circuit reviews the dispute.