Bovino has become the public face of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as “Operation Midway Blitz.” The judge called him into court one day after attorneys a

Judge Sara L. Ellis is ordering top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino to testify after a video showed him apparently violating her orders.

US Border Patrol leader Gregory Bovino is accused of throwing at least one tear-gas canister into a crowd of protesters in a Chicago neighborhood Thursday in a potential violation of a federal judge’s order restricting federal agents from using aggressive crowd control tactics during anti-ICE protests.

Mr. Bovino, a Border Patrol leader, appeared to use tear gas during a confrontation with residents on Thursday. Plaintiffs in a suit over federal tactics say that violated a court order.

In the statement, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Border Patrol agents were near 27th Street and Whipple Ave when they were surrounded by a large crowd of “75 to 100” people she called

The agents were joined by Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino, just days after a federal judge ordered him to sit for a deposition regarding the government’s handling of protesters during “Operation Midway Blitz,” President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign in the Chicago area.

Federal immigration agents accompanied by Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino swarmed Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood Wednesday, community leaders said, arresting at least seven people, including U.