Top Border Patrol official to be deposed Thursday over agency's tactics in the Chicago area
Source: CNN
Top Border Patrol official to be deposed Thursday over agency’s tactics in the Chicago area
Updated Oct 30, 2025, 12:43 AM ET
PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2025, 5:39 PM ET
By Devan Cole, Elizabeth Wolfe
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to sit for a deposition Thursday morning in a lawsuit over his agency’s immigration enforcement tactics in the Chicago area.
The debrief from plaintiff’s attorneys, who accuse federal agents of aggressive behavior against peaceful protesters, is scheduled to last up to five hours. It comes a day after an appeals court halted a judge’s order requiring him to provide her daily court briefings on his agents’ activities.
The surprise order Wednesday came just hours before Bovino was meant to brief US District Judge Sara Ellis, who told him Tuesday he must be in court every weekday for the next week as she considers reports that federal agents were not following her order to limit aggressive tactics and warn protesters and journalists before using tear gas and less-lethal munitions.
The Trump administration quickly pressed a federal appeals court to put her order on hold, arguing that Bovino having to appear would be “extraordinarily disruptive” and “irreparably harming the government.”
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