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The Guardian - US
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Alexandra Villarreal and agency

Judge orders federal immigration officers in Chicago area to wear body cameras

A law enforcement officers throws a tear gas canister in a cloud of smoke
A federal agent throws a tear gas canister during clashes with community members on Chicago’s South Side on 14 October 2025. Photograph: Jim Vondruska/Reuters

Federal immigration officers in the Chicago area have been ordered by a court to wear body cameras after they repeatedly deployed pepper balls, smoke grenades and tear gas against protesters and local police, seemingly in violation of a federal judge’s ruling from last week.

Sara Ellis, a US district judge, who had previously required immigration agents to wear badges and banned them from using riot-control techniques such as tear gas without warning, railed on Thursday against the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) continued aggressive tactics, many of which have been caught on camera, and which appear to violate her order.

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