Overview
- U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis directed Gregory Bovino to brief her each evening on Chicago operations, marking an unusual, ongoing judicial check on day-to-day enforcement.
- Ellis required body-worn cameras by Friday and ordered production of use-of-force reports from Operation Midway Blitz dating back to Sept. 2.
- From the bench, Ellis warned that riot-control weapons cannot be used on children and reiterated that agents must issue two clear warnings before deploying tear gas.
- The oversight follows documented uses of chemical agents in Chicago neighborhoods, including Old Irving Park and Little Village, as the crackdown has led to more than 1,800 arrests.
- Separately, multiple outlets report ICE field office directors in several cities are being replaced by senior Border Patrol officials, while DHS publicly praises Bovino and senior aides tout escalating deportations.