Bovino, a nearly 30-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, has emerged as a central figure in Trump's aggressive immigration strategy.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wednesday evening, after the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino.

Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis told Bovino during a court hearing Tuesday morning.

The Border Patrol chief must himself wear a body camera and turn over all agents’ use of force reports by Friday, the judge added.

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 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.

Gov. JB Pritzker is calling on federal immigration authorities to cease operations in Illinois for Halloween weekend.

The Border Patrol chief has been at the center of a legal dispute this week over his violent methods in agent deployments in Chicago and Los Angeles