Appeals Court Halts Daily Court Appearances for CBP's Greg Bovino Amid Chicago Immigration Crackdown
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Appeals Court Halts Daily Court Appearances for CBP's Greg Bovino Amid Chicago Immigration Crackdown

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An appeals court has temporarily suspended a federal judge's order requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection official Greg Bovino to provide daily court updates on immigration enforcement activities in Chicago.

An appeals court has temporarily suspended a federal judge's directive that mandated U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commander-at-large Greg Bovino to appear in court daily to report on immigration enforcement activities in Chicago. The Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis's order, which required Bovino to check in at 6 p.m. each day to ensure compliance with a temporary restraining order limiting federal agents' use of force in crowd-control situations. The DOJ argued that the district court exceeded its authority, stating that the order "only underscores the extent to which the district court has exceeded its judicial role by arrogating to itself the role of supervising and micromanaging the day-to-day operations of an Executive Branch law-enforcement agency." The appeals court's decision pauses the daily reporting requirement as the case continues.

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An appeals court has temporarily suspended a federal judge's directive that mandated U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commander-at-large Greg Bovino to appear in court daily to report on immigration enforcement activities in Chicago.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis's order, which required Bovino to check in at 6 p.m. each day to ensure compliance with a temporary restraining order limiting federal agents' use of force in crowd-control situations.

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The DOJ argued that the district court exceeded its authority, stating that the order 'only underscores the extent to which the district court has exceeded its judicial role by arrogating to itself the role of supervising and micromanaging the day-to-day operations of an Executive Branch law-enforcement agency.'

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The appeals court's decision pauses the daily reporting requirement as the case continues.

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Judge Sara Ellis had previously ordered Bovino to appear in court daily following allegations that he personally threw tear gas canisters into a crowd in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood.

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Judge Ellis expressed concern over the use of tear gas during a children's Halloween parade, stating that children in costumes do not pose an immediate threat and that riot control weapons cannot be used against them.

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Judge Ellis had previously issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting federal agents from using nonlethal weapons like tear gas, pepper balls, rubber bullets, flashbang grenades, and tasers on protesters who don't pose an immediate threat.

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Judge Ellis ordered Bovino to produce all use-of-force reports from agents involved in Operation Midway Blitz since September 2.

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