CRIME & LAW

Judge mandates Border Patrol body cameras in Chicago

At a hearing on the Trump administration’s Chicago-area immigration crackdown—linked to more than 1,000 arrests and complaints of combative tactics—a federal official said all Border Patrol agents in Operation Midway Blitz now wear body cameras, following Judge Sara Ellis’s order to record arrests, frisks, searches and protest deployments. Ellis, who earlier required badges and restricted certain riot-control tactics, said she was “a little startled” by televised tear gas scenes. CBP’s Kyle Harvick defended Oct. 12 tear gas as a safety measure. News and community groups submitted five pages of questions; government lawyers said officers have been attacked and impeded.

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