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JUST IN: The declaration of U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino He says he received a body-worn camera, has been trained on a body-worn camera, and is "currently using my body-worn camera in compliance with the preliminary injunction."

DECLARATION OF GREGORY K. BOVINO
I, Gregory K. Bovino, declare and affirm as follows:
1. I received a body worn camera on October 30, 2025.
2. I completed the requisite body-worn camera training on October 30, 2025.
3. I am currently using my body-worn camera in compliance with the preliminary
injunction.
Executed this 7th day of November, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois.

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Gettleman turns to the status report and says he's "pleased" and "hopefully we're moving in the right direction. But certain things, obviously, are going to take a little time."

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Gettleman says he assumes Ellis' order will "be entered as soon as possible, and they'll be released, and that'll be the end of that controversy."

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Gettleman says this hearing was originally set b/c "the plaintiffs had been returned to ICE custody after our last hearing and sent to Waukesha, Wisconsin — contrary to my order." But he said Judge Sara Ellis has since ordered their release in a separate hearing.

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The Justice Department has said in a new status report that it is largely in compliance with Gettleman’s TRO from earlier this week. Plaintiffs are “doubtful.” They want to be able to inspect.

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Good afternoon. U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman is presiding over a remote status hearing that just began over conditions inside the ICE facility in Broadview.

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Ellis again insists that the Trump administration's arguments "lack credibility."

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Judge Ellis finds that the Trump administration has placed "content-based restrictions" on protesters. "Tellingly, she says, "defendants do not deny that they would treat pro-ICE demonstrators more favorably."

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Ellis: "The unlawful activity by a few protesters does not transform a peaceful assembly into an unlawful assembly."

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Ellis notes that the feds argue "plaintiffs have not been engaged in First Amendment protected activity" because they've "intermingled themselves with rioters." "But as I've previously stated," Ellis says, "I don't find defendants' version of events credible."

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Ellis notes people being tear gassed, staring down the barrel of a gun and being "slammed to the ground with their head bashed into the street." "All of that would cause a reasonable person to think twice about exercising their fundamental constitutional rights."

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After going through several incidents since the start of Operation Midway Blitz — like the ones above — Judge Ellis says, "those are the factual findings that I'm making to support this preliminary injunction."

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Ellis on the Oct. 24 incident in Lake View: "When an agent deployed gas, he stated, 'Have fun.' And then, two additional tear gas canisters were deployed."

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Ellis on the Oct. 14 incident on the Southeast side: "Agents pushed, shoved, tackled protesters, pointed guns at them, threw tear gas and deployed smoke canisters. Everyone that agents detained were released by the FBI, and none of them are currently charged with assault."

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Ellis is walking through the testimony heard yesterday. She said Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Munoz's arrest made him a "prop" for DHS videos. Ald. Julia Ramirez "ran away from tear gas while eight-and-a-half months pregnant."

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Ellis points to this testimony from CBP agent Kristopher Hewson. "Clearly, what he said was 'hit them,'" Ellis says. bsky.app/profile/jons...

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Ellis: [Bovino] admitted that he lied about whether a rock hit him before he deployed tear gas in Little Village."

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Ellis: "The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion."

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Ellis: "This is the Chicagoland I see. From Aurora to Cicero, and Chicago to Evanston to Waukegan. This is a vibrant place, brimming with vitality and hope. Striving to move forward from its complicated history."

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

She reads the poem in full.

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Good morning from Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse. We're waiting for District Judge Sara Ellis to take the bench in the federal class action urging an injunction against federal immigration agents' violent behavior in Chicagoland. Ellis will issue an oral ruling on the injuction this morning.

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U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just took the bench. She's expected to rule on a request for a preliminary injunction governing the use of force by federal agents in Chicago.

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CLARIFICATION: This footage was from Los Angeles, not Chicago. Apologies, we had a lot flying at us in the courtroom yesterday. But I see this is getting some attention..

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Good morning. Back in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, who is expected to rule in 20 minutes on the use of force by federal agents against protesters and journalists in Chicago.

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Judge Ellis stresses that the evidence relied upon in today's hearing needs to be uploaded to the docket and made fully public.

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A supervisory border patrol agent is testifying in a separate hearing over the shooting of Marimar Martinez in Brighton Park, and the handling of the agent's car after the incident. Kade Heather has details over on Twitter at @KadeHeather.

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The Rev. David Black is the next witness called in this hearing before Judge Sara Ellis over the treatment of protesters in Chicago.

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Judge Ellis asks if Munoz was told what he was arrested for. Munoz says "no." He says he was "interviewed by two FBI agents and processed by an immigration agent."

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DOJ's Sarmad Khojasteh is now cross-examining. He challenges whether Curran actually saw people being shot with gas. Curran: "I observed federal agents launching projectiles from the corner of the roof at the people who were not armed and not violent in any way."

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Curran: "What was very heartbreaking in September … was to see an utterly militarized zone. … It was shocking to my eyesight to see the windows boarded up."

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