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.

The one-page suspension by the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals came before Greg Bovino's first scheduled, late afternoon meeting with U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis at the courthouse in downtown Chicago.

CHICAGO — Less than two hours before U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was set to appear before a federal judge Wednesday evening for the first of five court-ordered daily check-ins, the 7 th Circuit Court of Appeals said he didn’t have to.

Border Patrol commander-at-large Greg Bovino came under questioning about the crowd-control tactics he and his agents are using in their Chicago immigration crackdown.

Lawyers for the Justice Department are asking a federal appeals court for an administrative stay pausing an order that requires Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino meet in person with Judge Sara Ellis each day.

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was all fired up on cable news Wednesday about being ordered to meet daily with a federal judge, telling conservative Fox News host Harris Faulkner he couldn’t wait to give the judge a “very good first-hand look at just how bad things are on the streets of Chicago.

It did so after Justice Department lawyers called Judge Sara Ellis' standing appointment with the Border Patrol boss an “extraordinarily disruptive requirement.”

The DOJ is appealing a federal judge's order that mandated CBP Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino to check-in with the judge daily to ensure compliance with an order that restricted federal agents' use of force.