Trump Action Archive

Supporting reports

• Judge Ellis orders CBP officer Bovino to appear in court for TRO violations — U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis ordered CBP sector chief Greg Bovino to appear in court on October 28, 2025, after a video showed him throwing what appeared to be a tear gas canister at protesters without warning. Plaintiffs argued the action violated the temporary restraining order Ellis had issued on October 9. Immigration officers claimed a "mob" of "hostile and violent" rioters had thrown a rock at Bovino and hit him in the head, though no videos from the protest corroborated this claim. At the October 28 hearing, Ellis reminded Bovino that agents must give warnings before throwing tear gas and called out specific incidents, including one in which an agent pointed a pepper gun and real gun at a combat veteran lawfully standing on the roadside, and another in which federal agents threw tear gas near a children's Halloween costume parade.
• Judge Ellis orders CBP officer Bovino to obtain body camera and undergo training — U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis ordered CBP sector chief Greg Bovino to obtain a body camera by Friday and undergo training in its use after Bovino stated he does not wear one and has not been trained. Ellis reminded Bovino that the camera would enable him to substantiate claims such as the alleged rock-throwing incident. Ellis also ordered Bovino to submit all reports and body camera footage of use-of-force incidents in and around Chicago by Friday and to appear in her court every day at 6:00 p.m. to keep her informed of agents' actions. Bovino promised to abide by the temporary restraining order.
• Case update — Chicago Headline Club v. Noem (N.D. Ill.) 1:25-cv-12173 — Judge Ellis further clarified her TRO and ordered that all federal agents place a conspicuous identifier on their uniforms and reiterated that all CPB agents should wear body cameras. She further required that CPB Commander Geregory Bovino wear a body camera and report to her each afternoon to provide updates on the operation, and that the Defendants provide her with all body camera video and use of force reports to date by Oct. 31 and all subsequent such video and reports within 24 hours of the reports being finalized. She also directed that Defendants should provide her by Oct. 31 with a chart of all individuals detained for violations not related to immigration enforcement.
• Federal judge orders daily court reporting by border patrol chief over Chicago enforcement — US District Judge Sara Ellis ordered Gregory Bovino, chief of the El Centro border patrol sector leading Trump's "Operation Midway Blitz" immigration crackdown in Chicago, to appear in federal court each weekday to report on enforcement incidents. The order followed a hearing where Ellis rebuked Bovino for agents' use of chemical irritants against residents, including children in Halloween costumes. Ellis also mandated Bovino obtain body camera training by Friday. The order represents an exceptional judicial attempt to impose oversight after agents repeatedly violated prior court orders restricting use of force.