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A federal judge reportedly wants federal agents in the Chicago area to wear body cameras after a series of violent clashes with cultural (ice) mobs (ice).
US District Judge Sara Ellis, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, said that images of the conflicts on TV have left “Trump’s development continuing its crackdown on illegal immigration.
“The director of the field will explain to me why I see pictures of tear gas being sent and read reports that no warnings were given in the field,” said Ellis in court this week, according to the New York Times.
Last week, Ellis ordered Ice Agents to wear badges and barred them from using certain riot control tactics against peaceful protesters and journalists. Ice Agents reportedly used tear gas and took other measures as tension between traffic enforcement officials and the rising public.
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People hold signs as they march during the consultation against us in the fields and the imposition of customs (ice) and the planned transfer of the national guard troops on September 9, 2025. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
“I get pictures and I see pictures in the news, in the paper, reading reports when I have problems being followed,” Ellis said.
“I have concerns about my order being followed,” the judge added this week, according to the Associated Press.
“I would add that all agents working in Operation Blitz wear body-worn cameras, and they should continue,” Ellis said, referring to the government’s crackdown.
Department of Justice Sean Skedzielewski reported in “systematic and selective press releases,” according to the AP. He also said that it will not be possible to distribute the cameras immediately.
“I understand that. I’m not going to expect agents to wear body cameras that they don’t have,” Ellis said, adding that the information could become effective over time.
He said the director of the field of enforcement efforts should appear in court on Monday.
Police clashed with demonstrators during a protest outside the Offish Operation Center on Oct. 3, 2025, in broad vision, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
ICE center on a wide display, illness.
Following a separate judge’s order, the lower-foot fence surrounding the facility was taken down Tuesday, FOX 32 Chicago. The fence was reportedly put up late last month and caused tension between state and local officials. The state fire department reportedly notified DHS that the fence was being built without a permit on a public road, which is located on the town line, according to FOX 32.
And on Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that two illegal immigrants were detained after they drove their car into a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago during an immigration operation. This led to clashes with the protesters.
The illegal immigrants were identified as Luis Gerardo Pirela-Ramirez and Enrique Terefe-Perez, both from Venezuela. A senior DHS source told FOX News that the pair got into a Border Patrol vehicle and attempted to flee the scene.
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“This morning, while conducting an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, a vehicle, driven by an illegal alien, rear-ended a leading vehicle at the border and attempted to escape the incident,” said a DHS spokesperson. “The border guard chased the car and finally managed to stop using the direct purchase method (pit).
During clashes with protesters following the incident, federal officials deployed tear gas, revealing 13 Chicago police officers at the scene to a crime control agent.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Center for American Progress on March 18, 2025, in Washington, DC (anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Several Democrats, including Illinois Gov. Pritzker, have pushed back on the Trump Administration’s book-tightening policies. President Donald Trump recently called for Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be arrested for failing to protect agents of the ice.
“I will not go back down. Trump now wants to arrest elected representatives who test his power. What else has been left in the way of the full explosion of Authoritarianianism” Pritzker said they are responding to Trump on Oct. 8. “We must all stand up and speak.”
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FOX News Digital contacted the office of Ellis, who acknowledged the Courtttroom statements but noted that an official order has not been issued regarding Federal Ageras to wear body cameras.
The White House declined to comment, saying it would require a Full Order to do so.
DHS did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
FOX News’ Bill Jelulin, FOX News Digital’s Landon Mion and affiliates contributed to this report.
