Chicago judge orders body cameras for immigration officers

A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday ordered immigration officers involved in the Trump administration’s recent enforcement operations in the Chicago area to wear bodyworn cameras and keep them turned on, saying video and images she has seen raise serious concerns that officers may be disregarding a prior court limit on the use of crowd-control munitions. The order came as a separate federal appeals court temporarily upheld a lower-court restraining order that blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois tied to the same immigration operations.

U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis said she was “startled” by televised images showing clashes between federal agents and the public and questioned whether her earlier temporary restraining order was being followed. That earlier order bars agents from using riot-control weapons against clearly identified members of the press, peaceful protesters and religious leaders who are not posing an immediate threat, and prohibits munitions that intentionally strike the head, neck, groin, spine or female breast, as well as forceful takedowns of nonthreatening demonstrators.

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