Top Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino, who oversees the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, appeared before US District Judge Sara Ellis on Tuesday after she received reports federal agents were not following her order to limit aggressive tactics and warn protesters and journalists before using tear gas and less-lethal munitions.

An Illinois federal judge admonished the Border Patrol official leading the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Chicago for the harsh tactics he and his officers have been using against angry civilians — even on residential streets decked out for a Halloween parade.

US District Judge Sara Ellis referred to several recent incidents, including one over the weekend in which US Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino was recorded throwing what appeared to be tear gas canisters into a crowd in a Chicago neighborhood without any warning.

On Saturday, Border Patrol agents converged on the Old Irving Park neighborhood on the city's Northwest Side to conduct an immigration enforcement raid. Neighborhood residents claimed the agents interrupted a children's Halloween parade and allegedly deployed tear gas without warning on residents trying to intervene.

The night manager at the Chicago Laugh Factory has been charged with assaulting U.S. Border Patrol agent during a confrontation outside the Lakeview comedy club last week.Nathan Griffin has been charged with one count of forcibly assaulting,

Concerns are growing over federal operations in the Chicago area. The Border Patrol chief is set to answer a judge's questions in court this week for an ongoing lawsuit regarding the feds' use of force.