A federal judge has ordered a senior U.S. Border Patrol official to meet her daily “to hear about how the day went” after weeks of confrontations between immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area.

Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino is firing back after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson labeled him "barbaric," saying that kind of anti-police rhetoric is fueling real-world violence against immigration agents.

Kristi Noem’s press conference comes a day after a federal appeals court temporarily paused an order requiring Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino to give daily updates to a judge.

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

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.