Senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, who has become the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns in Chicago, is due in federal court Tuesday to take questions about the enforcement operation in the area.
The hearing comes after a judge earlier this month ordered uniformed immigration agents to wear body cameras, the latest step in a lawsuit that says federal agents used excessive force, including using chemical irritants like tear gas and pepper balls during protests.
Bovino, a chief of the Border Patrol sector in El Centro, California, was recorded on video last Thursday during a clash of agents and protesters in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, throwing what appeared to be a tear gas cannister into the group. He’s expected to be asked about that and other actions by immigration agents during Tuesday’s hearing.
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A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said Bovino was struck in the head by an object prior to the recorded incident. Border Patrol officials have previously testified before Ellis that the use of chemical agents in multiple incidents was justified, alleging protesters were throwing objects at agents.
Last week, Ellis extended questioning of Bovino from two hours to five because she wants to hear about agents’ recent use of force in the city’s Mexican enclave of Little Village. During a separate enforcement operation last week in Little Village and the adjacent suburb of Cicero, at least eight people, including four U.S. citizens, were detained before protesters gathered at the scene, local officials said.
Over the weekend, masked federal agents and unmarked SUVs were spotted on the city’s wealthier, predominantly white North side neighborhoods of Lakeview and Lincoln Park, where footage showed chemical agents deployed on a residential street. Federal agents have been seen and videotaped deploying tear gas in residential streets a number of times over the past few weeks.
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