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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maanvi Singh

Border patrol leader told to go to court every weekday to report on Chicago enforcement

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Gregory Bovino leaves federal court at Dirksen federal building after his hearing in Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday. Photograph: Kamil Krzaczyński/AFP/Getty Images

A federal judge has ordered Gregory Bovino, a senior border patrol official leading the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Chicago, to appear in federal court each weekday to report on the day’s incidents in an exceptional attempt to impose oversight over the government’s militarized raids in the city.

The order came following a terse hearing on Tuesday morning.

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