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Judge to Grill ICE, Border Patrol Leaders in Chicago Over Use of Force, Tear Gas

The session tests whether federal agents are following a court order that limits tactics, mandates body cameras.

Members of the Illinois State police clash with protesters outside of the Broadview ICE facility, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 17, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File Photo
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - OCTOBER 14: Residents and protesters clash with federal agents in the East Side neighborhood after tear gas was detonated on October 14, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. It was not immediately clear why federal agents were in the area but people on social media reported Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested an individual and caused a car accident. Last week a Federal judge put in place a temporary order preventing the 500 National Guard troops that were sent to the Chicago and surrounding suburbs to help protect ICE and other federal agents and federal property. President Donald Trumps's administration continues to enforce immigration laws in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs during their "Operation Midway Blitz." (Photo by Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • CBP Deputy Incident Commander Kyle Harvick and ICE Deputy Field Office Director Shawn Byers are slated to testify after the Justice Department said interim Chicago ICE chief Russell Hott returned to Washington.
  • DHS has indicated recent tear-gas deployments were mostly by Border Patrol, leading the government to put forward a CBP official as a witness.
  • Judge Sara Ellis last week broadened her restraining order to require agents who have body cameras and training to record encounters with demonstrators.
  • The court plans to press officials on reports of tear gas used without warnings and on possible failures to comply with prior limits on force and crowd-control tactics.
  • City and state briefs are due Monday on the administration’s Supreme Court request to permit National Guard deployment, with a separate order barring any deployment through at least October 24.