Top Border Patrol official no longer has to appear today before Chicago federal judge after appeals court ruling [View all]
Source: CNN
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino will not have to appear before a Chicago federal judge Wednesday evening, after an appeals court halted the judge’s order requiring Bovino to provide daily court briefings on his agents’ immigration enforcement tactics in the Chicago area.
US District Judge Sara Ellis told Bovino on Tuesday that he must be in court every evening for the next week as she considers reports that federal agents were not following her early October 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. In a Wednesday afternoon ruling, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted their request, meaning Bovino will not make a Wednesday court appearance.
The appeals court’s decision is intended to give the intermediate court time to review a request from the administration to completely scrap Ellis’ order
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/us/chicago-immigration-gregory-bovino-appeal-granted
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