The top U.S. Border Patrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained,

U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis called Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino into court to respond to reports that his agents violated her orders.

U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

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 accused him of tossing tear gas into a crowd in the Little Village neighborhood