The #Trump admin also treated anti- #ICE #protesters worse because of the content of their #speech & impermissibly prevented the free exercise of #religion by #shooting, without warning, those engaged in prayer with #PepperBalls & #TearGas, both violations of the #FirstAmendment, Ellis said.
🚨She also said #BorderPatrol chief Greg #Bovino admitted to #lying about whether a rock hit him before he used tear gas on Chicagoans in Little Village last month.
US District Court Judge Sara Ellis said she will issue a sweeping injunction limiting the #UseOfForce by federal #immigration agents in the #Chicago area after she found a litany of violations were committed in recent weeks.
Ellis on Thursday painstakingly detailed instances across the Chicago area in which #BorderPatrol agents used force against residents in violation of her #TRO.
#law #PoliceBrutality #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #FreeSpeech #TrumpLies #Trump
https://news.wttw.com/2025/11/06/federal-judge-says-border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-lied-about-being-hit-rock-deploying
#Bovino carries out #Halloween #arrests. 'They showed up here to terrorize people,' alder says
The agents swept through the #Chicago Albany Park & Edison Park neighborhoods, & suburban #Evanston, #Skokie & #Niles Friday morning & afternoon after [dog killer] #DHS Secy #KristiNoem said *enforcement* [terrorist] operations would continue on Halloween despite #Illinois Gov #JBPritzker asking they pause for the holiday.
#Trump #law #CivilRights #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/2-detained-pepper-balls-fired-by-federal-agents-in-albany-park-it-happens-so-fast
US #BorderPatrol Commander-at-large Gregory #Bovino led a caravan of at least a dozen agents across #Chicago suburbs including Evanston, Skokie & Niles, & Edison Park neighborhood.
Sun-Times journalists followed the caravan for at least an hour & witnessed 4 arrests—2 in Albany Park & 2 others in Edison Park & Niles.
Christopher Klim, a #US #citizen from #Poland, was seen handcuffed & later released ~2PM as he remodeled a home in the 7400 block of North Oconto Ave.
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The federal judge who sought to meet with US #BorderPatrol boss Greg #Bovino on a daily basis said Wednesday she “was a little surprised” to see the #feds challenge that arrangement — especially after Bovino’s appearance on #FauxNews.
#US District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wed evening, after the #7thCircuit Appeals Court agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with the #CBP’s commander-at-large.
#law #immigration #Chicago #FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/30/bovinos-fox-news-interview-leaves-judge-surprised-at-feds-opposition-to-daily-check-ins
The federal judge who sought to meet with US #BorderPatrol boss Greg #Bovino on a daily basis said Wednesday she “was a little surprised” to see the #feds challenge that arrangement — especially after Bovino’s appearance on #FauxNews.
#US District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wed evening, after the #7thCircuit Appeals Court agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with the #CBP’s commander-at-large.
#law #immigration #Chicago #FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/30/bovinos-fox-news-interview-leaves-judge-surprised-at-feds-opposition-to-daily-check-ins
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Border Patrol’s #Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he & federal judge talk #BodyCams, #TearGas, IDs
The top #US #BorderPatrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to US District Judge Sara Ellis’ concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained, #protesters & #journalists.
#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #fascism #PoliceBrutality #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/28/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-federal-court
Border Patrol’s #Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he & federal judge talk #BodyCams, #TearGas, IDs
The top #US #BorderPatrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to US District Judge Sara Ellis’ concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained, #protesters & #journalists.
#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #fascism #PoliceBrutality #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/28/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-federal-court
A public library in Stanstead, Quebec, straddles the US-Canadian border. Should patrons on the Canadian side be allowed to walk through a door to the US side without going through customs?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/trump-ends-canada-access-at-shared-border-library/
Until now, yes, with a brief exception around the 9/11 attacks. But not any more, according to a new Trump admin directive.
#BorderPatrol #Canada #Customs #ICE #Libraries #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
Alex Akselrod
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Debbie Brockman, who works for WGN’s creative services dept, is a #US-born #citizen & was not acting in any professional capacity when she was arrested Friday by #US #BorderPatrol agents on the North Side, acc/to a stmnt from her attys at the People’s Law Office.
She was walking to catch a bus to work on Foster Ave when she was “attacked by Border Patrol agents” & “violently detained.”Brockman denied that she assaulted anyone.
#Trump #Chicago #law #CivilRights #fascism #PoliceBrutality #CBP
Alex Akselrod
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Bystanders have posted videos of arrests that appear unrelated to violations of #immigration #law.
Debbie Brockman, an employee of the TV station #WGN was pinned to the ground & arrested by #BorderPatrol agents on Friday while walking to a bus stop. A #CBP official said [lied] that Brockman had thrown an object at federal agents. Brockman’s lawyer called the arrest an attack. Brockman was released without charges.
#Trump #Chicago #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #PoliceBrutality #ICE #Gestapo
#DHS said in a stmnt that #BorderPatrol agents were operating in the area when “violent agitators” blocked agents with their cars. The agents then slammed into a car they say was blocking the street as they were leaving the scene, acc/to the stmnt.
Video reviewed by the #Chicago Sun-Times shows a black SUV stopped diagonally in front of the federal agents’ silver Chrysler minivan just as they were about to leave. The agents did NOT try to go around the SUV.
Instead, an agent got out of the van & walked up to the SUV, trying to open its door. When that was unsuccessful, the agent returned to the van & quickly pulled away, hitting the side of the SUV as they sped away.
When the agents were driving away, DHS’s stmnt claims Brockman “threw objects” at a #BorderPatrol car. Agents then arrested her for assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.
#DHS did not answer why Brockman was released without being charged with that offense.
In a social media post after Brockman’s arrest, Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the #US #BorderPatrol, claimed“a member of the press threw a metal object at Border Patrol” & was arrested for assaulting a federal officer.
But Brockman was released without charges after she was held in federal custody for 7 hours, her lawyer said. WGN said during a newscast covering her arrest that Brockman’s department is separate from the newsroom.
#DHS said in a stmnt that #BorderPatrol agents were operating in the area when “violent agitators” blocked agents with their cars. The agents then slammed into a car they say was blocking the street as they were leaving the scene, acc/to the stmnt.
Video reviewed by the #Chicago Sun-Times shows a black SUV stopped diagonally in front of the federal agents’ silver Chrysler minivan just as they were about to leave. The agents did NOT try to go around the SUV.
Several bystanders witnessed her arrest & described the scene as “violent” & “horrifying”….
“This incident should be alarming & horrifying to every single person in this country,” said Brad Thomson, one of Brockman’s attys. “If armed, masked, federal agents are snatching US citizens off the street as they walk to work & throwing them in unmarked vehicles, you can only imagine what these agents must be willing to do to our immigrant neighbors & people who dare to speak out against them.”
In a social media post after Brockman’s arrest, Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the #US #BorderPatrol, claimed“a member of the press threw a metal object at Border Patrol” & was arrested for assaulting a federal officer.
But Brockman was released without charges after she was held in federal custody for 7 hours, her lawyer said. WGN said during a newscast covering her arrest that Brockman’s department is separate from the newsroom.
Debbie Brockman, who works for WGN’s creative services dept, is a #US-born #citizen & was not acting in any professional capacity when she was arrested Friday by #US #BorderPatrol agents on the North Side, acc/to a stmnt from her attys at the People’s Law Office.
She was walking to catch a bus to work on Foster Ave when she was “attacked by Border Patrol agents” & “violently detained.”Brockman denied that she assaulted anyone.
#Trump #Chicago #law #CivilRights #fascism #PoliceBrutality #CBP
Bystanders have posted videos of arrests that appear unrelated to violations of #immigration #law.
Debbie Brockman, an employee of the TV station #WGN was pinned to the ground & arrested by #BorderPatrol agents on Friday while walking to a bus stop. A #CBP official said [lied] that Brockman had thrown an object at federal agents. Brockman’s lawyer called the arrest an attack. Brockman was released without charges.
#Trump #Chicago #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #PoliceBrutality #ICE #Gestapo
Just refreshing my sense of the Great Lakes’ relationship with those marauding Ontarians
Alex Akselrod
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So, again, it's okay for the #BorderPatrol (#MurderPatrol) to assassinate an unarmed #NativeAmerican man (#RaymondMattia) and a #LithiumMining employee to run over a #NativeAmericanActivist (#MyronDewey), but those acts aren't #Terrorism? I guess it's all about how much MONEY and CLOUT the victim has, eh?
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Heavily armed immigration agents descend on #MacArthurPark in #LosAngeles
By Melissa Gomez, Rachel Uranga, Brittny Mejia, Richard Winton and Ruben Vives
July 7, 2025 12:16 PM PT
"Dozens of immigration agents, some on horseback, others carrying rifles in armored vehicles, swept through MacArthur Park on Monday in an extraordinary show of force at the heart of Los Angeles’ #immigrant community.
"Heavily armored #BorderPatrol officers with a fleet of white minibuses partially blocked the streets surrounding the park, which has become a source of crime and drugs in the area in the last few years. #Activists with megaphones were able to warn locals at the park before the contingent arrived, according to police sources.
"The move comes days after President Trump signed a budget that will provide a mass infusion of funds to the Department of Homeland Security to ramp up its immigration enforcement to levels unseen before in the United States. Los Angeles has become the poster child of Trump’s mass deportation plan, as more than 1,600 people have been arrested between June 6 and 22.
"The agents appeared to arrive around 10:30 a.m. after amassing at nearby locations. Once they were at the park, they were met with crowds of people screaming 'get the f— out!' and 'get out!' #MayorKarenBass also showed up to the park, which sits just west of downtown Los Angeles. Activists, who have been on high alert for weeks, appeared to be prepared to deploy lawyers to the scene.
"At some point, Assistant Chief Patrol Agent David Kim handed his cellphone to Bass. Speaking to the other person over the line she could be heard saying, 'You’re getting ready to leave? Can you leave ASAP?'
"Demonstrators began to chant, drowning out her conversation. When asked to comment, Bass said the federal immigration agents needed 'to leave and they need to leave right now, they need to leave because this is unacceptable.'
"When asked who she was talking to on the other end of the line she said it was 'the head of customs.'
"Bass handed the phone back to a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Shortly afterward, she boarded a black SUV and left the area.
"It’s unclear if anyone was arrested during the sweep.
" 'This was just one big, perverse publicity stunt,' said #RonGochez, a member of #UniónDelBarrio, an independent political organization advocating for immigrant rights and social justice. 'It was just to show force, it was just to take pictures.'
"The chaos on #WilshireBoulevard around MacArthur Park had mostly calmed by 11:30 a.m., though a few protesters and members of the news media lingered afterward.
"Mikema Nahmir, 28, said he was out for his morning walk at 11 a.m. when he saw two women running down the street yelling that '#LaMigra' was at MacArthur Park.
"Nahmir joined the group of #protesters who chased and yelled after the #military-style trucks. At one point, he said, someone from the truck shot out an #irritant toward him and another protester.
" 'L.A. is ours, this is our city,' Nahmir said. 'This is what my morning walk turned into. They’re terrorizing our neighborhood.'
"Live video from the scene Monday morning broadcast on social media showed a line of white vans that have been used to transport arrestees as well as several agents on horseback. Agents cleared the scene by 11:20 a.m. and it was not immediately clear how many people they had taken into custody.
"U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Greg Bovino, who has been leading the operations on the ground in Los Angeles, was present during the operation.
"Bovino, who is based near the U.S.-Mexico border along with others in the Trump administration, was sued last week by immigrant rights groups seeking to block what it calls an 'ongoing pattern and practice of flouting the #Constitution and federal law' during immigration raids. They say raids have targeted individuals based on race, lack #DueProcess and some practices are akin to #kidnapping rather than legal enforcement. A hearing is set for later this week in federal court.
"Asked for comment on whether any arrests had been made, a senior DHS official, said, 'We don’t comment on ongoing enforcement operations.' "
#USPol#ICE#ICEKidnapping#MurderPatrol#KristiNoem#DHS#Gestapo#ResistICE#Resistance#Authoritarianism#Fascism#NaziPatrol#GTFO
Heavily armed immigration agents descend on #MacArthurPark in #LosAngeles
By Melissa Gomez, Rachel Uranga, Brittny Mejia, Richard Winton and Ruben Vives
July 7, 2025 12:16 PM PT
"Dozens of immigration agents, some on horseback, others carrying rifles in armored vehicles, swept through MacArthur Park on Monday in an extraordinary show of force at the heart of Los Angeles’ #immigrant community.
"Heavily armored #BorderPatrol officers with a fleet of white minibuses partially blocked the streets surrounding the park, which has become a source of crime and drugs in the area in the last few years. #Activists with megaphones were able to warn locals at the park before the contingent arrived, according to police sources.
"The move comes days after President Trump signed a budget that will provide a mass infusion of funds to the Department of Homeland Security to ramp up its immigration enforcement to levels unseen before in the United States. Los Angeles has become the poster child of Trump’s mass deportation plan, as more than 1,600 people have been arrested between June 6 and 22.
"The agents appeared to arrive around 10:30 a.m. after amassing at nearby locations. Once they were at the park, they were met with crowds of people screaming 'get the f— out!' and 'get out!' #MayorKarenBass also showed up to the park, which sits just west of downtown Los Angeles. Activists, who have been on high alert for weeks, appeared to be prepared to deploy lawyers to the scene.
"At some point, Assistant Chief Patrol Agent David Kim handed his cellphone to Bass. Speaking to the other person over the line she could be heard saying, 'You’re getting ready to leave? Can you leave ASAP?'
"Demonstrators began to chant, drowning out her conversation. When asked to comment, Bass said the federal immigration agents needed 'to leave and they need to leave right now, they need to leave because this is unacceptable.'
"When asked who she was talking to on the other end of the line she said it was 'the head of customs.'
"Bass handed the phone back to a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Shortly afterward, she boarded a black SUV and left the area.
"It’s unclear if anyone was arrested during the sweep.
" 'This was just one big, perverse publicity stunt,' said #RonGochez, a member of #UniónDelBarrio, an independent political organization advocating for immigrant rights and social justice. 'It was just to show force, it was just to take pictures.'
"The chaos on #WilshireBoulevard around MacArthur Park had mostly calmed by 11:30 a.m., though a few protesters and members of the news media lingered afterward.
"Mikema Nahmir, 28, said he was out for his morning walk at 11 a.m. when he saw two women running down the street yelling that '#LaMigra' was at MacArthur Park.
"Nahmir joined the group of #protesters who chased and yelled after the #military-style trucks. At one point, he said, someone from the truck shot out an #irritant toward him and another protester.
" 'L.A. is ours, this is our city,' Nahmir said. 'This is what my morning walk turned into. They’re terrorizing our neighborhood.'
"Live video from the scene Monday morning broadcast on social media showed a line of white vans that have been used to transport arrestees as well as several agents on horseback. Agents cleared the scene by 11:20 a.m. and it was not immediately clear how many people they had taken into custody.
"U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Greg Bovino, who has been leading the operations on the ground in Los Angeles, was present during the operation.
"Bovino, who is based near the U.S.-Mexico border along with others in the Trump administration, was sued last week by immigrant rights groups seeking to block what it calls an 'ongoing pattern and practice of flouting the #Constitution and federal law' during immigration raids. They say raids have targeted individuals based on race, lack #DueProcess and some practices are akin to #kidnapping rather than legal enforcement. A hearing is set for later this week in federal court.
"Asked for comment on whether any arrests had been made, a senior DHS official, said, 'We don’t comment on ongoing enforcement operations.' "
#USPol#ICE#ICEKidnapping#MurderPatrol#KristiNoem#DHS#Gestapo#ResistICE#Resistance#Authoritarianism#Fascism#NaziPatrol#GTFO