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U.S. Border Patrol Commander-At-Large Gregory Bovino allegedly tosses tear gas into a crowd in Little Village. <\/p>\n
Another U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, Kristopher Hewson, downplayed the threat posed to people by tear gas. He denied that it\u2019s a \u201cserious\u201d or \u201cdangerous\u201d <\/b>weapon <\/b>and said it \u201cdoesn\u2019t harm people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, he later testified that agents properly arrested someone for kicking a tear gas can after it was thrown by agents because that\u2019s \u201cassaultive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Near the end of the day, lawyer Steven Art told Ellis the Trump administration defendants in the case \u201cshould be ashamed of themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a disgrace,\u201d Art said of the way people in Chicago have been treated during Operation Midway Blitz. \u201cAnd one of the great things about our Constitution is that, if that\u2019s what we think, we can say it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ellis previously forbade federal agents from using tear gas or other \u201criot control\u201d weapons against people who pose no immediate threat and without two warnings during the immigration campaign. However, that order expires at 11 a.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n
So Ellis says she will rule on a more permanent preliminary injunction at 10 a.m. Thursday. That ruling will almost certainly be appealed to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n
The appellate court last week found that Ellis infringed<\/a> on the separation of powers by ordering Bovino to meet with her every weeknight over seven days to discuss agents\u2019 actions in Chicago, and whether it complied with her orders.<\/p>\n Ellis presides over a lawsuit filed by media organizations such as the Chicago Headline Club, Block Club Chicago and the Chicago Newspaper Guild, which represents journalists at the Chicago Sun-Times.<\/p>\n It amounts to one of the most significant pieces of litigation at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse since the feds\u2019 deportation campaign began. Judges there have also ruled against the Trump administration when it comes to National Guard deployment<\/a> and conditions inside<\/a> the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, a judge issued a temporary restraining order in that case after hearing hours of testimony about unsanitary, \u201cprison-like\u201d conditions inside the facility. Meanwhile, Wednesday\u2019s hearing in Ellis\u2019 courtroom featured testimony about people\u2019s aggressive encounters with federal agents around the city.<\/p>\n They included Leslie Cortez, an organizer for an environmental justice organization, who tried to film the arrest of a group of day laborers in early October. Eventually, she said an agent drew a weapon and pointed it at her. She said she could \u201csee inside the barrel.\u201d<\/p>\n Ellis asked how that has affected her.<\/p>\n \u201cI get really nervous,\u201d Cortez said. \u201cBecause it just feels like I\u2019m not safe. And I question my safety when I go out \u2026 I just worry that something will happen to me.\u201d<\/p>\n Ald. Julia Ramirez (12th) described an early October incident in Brighton Park that included angry protests. She said an \u201carmored vehicle\u201d that \u201clooked very much like a tank\u201d arrived with an agent \u201con top of that vehicle pointing their gun down at the community.\u201d<\/p>\n Ellis asked if that\u2019s caused a \u201cchilling effect\u201d on her willingness to protest. Ramirez, who is nine months pregnant, <\/b>said she hasn\u2019t participated in downtown protests because \u201cI just feel like it\u2019s too much of a risk for me.\u201d<\/p>\n But some of the most compelling video played Wednesday came from the rooftop of the facility in Broadview on Sept. 19. The Rev. David Black could be seen with his arms outstretched as puffs of smoke erupted on the ground around him.<\/p>\n Black testified that he was praying and warning agents on the roof \u201cof the spiritual consequences of their actions\u201d when agents started firing pepperballs.<\/p>\n Black testified that he was hit seven times, including twice in the head. He also said he now carries a GPS tracker in case he\u2019s confronted by immigration agents.<\/p>\n Justice Department lawyer Sarmad Khojasteh challenged Black on whether he\u2019d stepped off the public sidewalk and over the property line. Ellis asked Black if it was fair to say his experience has \u201cplaced a burden\u201d on his faith.<\/p>\n \u201cAbsolutely, yes,\u201d Black told her.<\/p>\n
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