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Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks with agents conducting immigration enforcement sweeps in the Edison Park neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Appeals court says Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino does not have to appear daily before judge

October 31, 2025 at 6:27 p.m.

A Chicago appeals court ruled Friday that Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino does not have to come to court for a daily use-of-force report to a judge.

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, center, exits the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Oct 28, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Judge ‘surprised’ by request to cancel briefings with Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino

October 30, 2025 at 5:50 p.m.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis told lawyers she was "surprised" by a bid to keep Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino from reporting to her on enforcement incidents given his enthusiastic...

Chester Wilson, right, former chief of staff to Ald. Carrie Austin, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse with attorney Thomas Breen after pleading guilty to corruption charges on Oct. 29, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Former aide admits helping Ald. Carrie Austin get home improvement perks from developers

October 29, 2025 at 6:26 p.m.

Chester Wilson, a onetime aide to former Ald. Carrie Austin admitted in a federal courtroom Wednesday that he helped the longtime South Side lawmaker improperly get home improvement perks from...

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s daily report in federal court canceled by appeals court — for now

October 29, 2025 at 5:44 p.m.

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino does not have to appear daily in court to brief a federal judge on the latest uses of...

Members of the Texas National Guard are seen at the Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, Oct. 8, 2025,. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

No ruling imminent as Supreme Court asks for more briefing in Illinois National Guard deployment case

October 29, 2025 at 3:43 p.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday asked for more briefing in the ongoing fight over President Trump's ability to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois, signaling that the court's highly...

Katherine "Kat" Abughazaleh, far left, and other protesters surround a federal SUV and try to prevent it from driving into the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 26, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Six Broadview protesters indicted, including congressional candidate Katherine ‘Kat’ Abughazaleh

October 29, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.

A federal grand jury has indicted six protesters including two political candidates for allegedly blocking an ICE agent's vehicle while he was driving into Broadview last month, according to a...

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after testifying Oct. 28, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘Not how any of us want to live’: Judge orders Border Patrol boss Bovino to court daily to report use of force

October 28, 2025 at 6:03 p.m.

A visibly displeased federal judge Tuesday ordered Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino to start coming to court every day to detail any confrontations his immigration enforcement officers have had with...

State Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, second from right, talks with people at the scene where residents say Border Patrol agents deployed tear gas while detaining a landscape worker and a woman on a bike in the 3700 block of North Kildare Avenue on Oct. 25, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Immigration agents accused of more tear gas violations as Cmdr. Greg Bovino faces federal court hearing

October 27, 2025 at 7:18 p.m.

Federal immigration agents have again been accused of violating a federal restraining order during a fracas in the Old Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago over the weekend.

The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 20, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Laugh Factory manager charged with assaulting immigration officer during Lakeview melee last week

October 27, 2025 at 2:34 p.m.

The manager of a Lakeview comedy club has been charged with assaulting a federal immigration officer during a melee Friday that quickly went viral on social media. Nathan Griffin, 24,...

Federal agents detain a man and load him into a passenger van outside the Carpentersville Village Hall on Oct. 15, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Federal judge appears poised to order release of at least some ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees

March 21, 2026 at 5:17 p.m.

A Chicago federal judge appeared poised Friday to order at least a portion of the thousands of people detained in "Operation Midway Blitz" released on electronic monitoring while litigation continues...

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