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U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wednesday evening, after the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino.
Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was all fired up on cable news Wednesday about being ordered to meet daily with a federal judge, telling conservative Fox News host Harris Faulkner he couldn’t wait to give the judge a “very good first-hand look at just how bad things are on the streets of Chicago.
U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis called Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino into court to respond to reports that his agents violated her orders.
Bovino has become the public face of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as “Operation Midway Blitz.” The judge called him into court one day after attorneys accused him of tossing tear gas into a crowd in the Little Village neighborhood