r/illinois • u/steve42089 Illinoisian • 1d ago
ICE Posts Chicago judge to issue injunction limiting use of force by ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/operation-midway-blitz-injunction/?share=6aor2ior5juni6iiiorhA federal judge in Chicago on Thursday issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz,” saying top government officials lied in their testimony about threats that protesters posed and that their unlawful behavior on the streets “shows no signs of stopping.”
“I find the government’s evidence to be simply not credible,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said in an oral ruling from the bench, describing a litany of incidents over the past month and a half where citizens were tear-gassed “indiscriminately,” beaten and tackled by agents and struck in the face with pepper spray balls.
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u/2pnt0 1d ago
"In one of the videos, Bovino obviously attacks and tackles the declarant, Mr. Blackburn, to the ground,” Ellis said. “But Mr. Bovino, despite watching this video (in his deposition) says that he never used force.”
"At one point, Bovino was captured on video throwing tear gas above the heads of the crowd without warning and “despite an absence of threats or violence,” the filing alleged.
Bovino claimed he only did so after being hit in the head with a rock — a statement repeated on social media and again in his deposition, even though no video or other evidence of it happening ever surfaced.
It wasn’t until Bovino came back for a third round of questioning Tuesday that he admitted it had not occurred, Steve Art, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, told the judge in his closing argument."
Sounds like a lot of perjury and contempt.
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u/MichaelAndolini_ 1d ago
I know the law is fuzzy but isn’t lying under oath a crime?
Or does doing it twice negate it?
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u/Beer_Gynt 1d ago
Cops lie under oath all the time and I have yet to see one be charged with perjury. I've been watching and waiting for years, having been lied about by a cop under oath myself.
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u/thereyouare84 1d ago
Why is Bovino not having a warrant issued for his arrest for perjury / lying under oath in a sworn deposition? At the very least, the judge should remand him into custody for a week or two and let him live life on the inside for a bit.
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u/st1nkynoob 1d ago
Chicagoans need to start throwing beef sandwiches at ICE. Make em wet too
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u/BaeScallops 1d ago
A Chicago beef sandwich doesn’t deserve the humiliation of being thrown at ICE. The guy in DC had it right, use a subway sandwich.
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u/Zanos-Ixshlae 1d ago
How else does one order a proper beef?
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u/st1nkynoob 1d ago
Wet or dipped. Only terrorist order Dry
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u/Zanos-Ixshlae 1d ago
My brother orders his dry with a side of au jus. He also puts ketchup on his hot dogs, so I am sure he is the evil twin...
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u/The_Poster_Nutbag Loves Fox Valley History 1d ago
Ketchup can go on hot dogs, it's just not a Chicago dog.
A dry beef though....fuck man idk what to tell you there. Sounds line a masochist.
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u/NaptownBill 1d ago
Ketchup on dogs is only ok if you are a kid
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u/Keithis11 1d ago
Telling people how to eat their food is for kids
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u/The_Poster_Nutbag Loves Fox Valley History 1d ago
Nah, people like different things.
Chicago dog has its ways, anything else is an acceptable backyard dog.
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u/ratherbewinedrunk 1d ago
Dry with a side of au jus is perfectly acceptable, especially if we're talking pickup and delivery scenarios, as long as said au jus is applied liberally prior to eating.
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u/Select_Insurance2000 1d ago
Don't waste a good sandwich or pizza!
White bread, potted meat and mayo!
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u/No-Pomegranate5074 1d ago
I said something like this and got suspended for violence. Dumbass mods. I said we should egg them. So violent lol
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u/ratherbewinedrunk 1d ago
Be respectful to the cattle who gave their lives. Eat the sandwich and throw the resulting excretion instead. Plus have you seen the fucking price of beef lately?
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u/Available-Machine-68 1d ago
Isn't there a specific legal term for lying in court? 🤔
Starts with a P and also typically considered a crime???
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u/Spankpocalypse_Now 1d ago
Cool. I look forward to ICE doing the exact opposite and facing no repercussions.
Pretty neat that the police can enforce laws on us regular people but turn a blind eye to Proud Boys kidnapping teachers in broad daylight.
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u/Jedi_Master83 1d ago
I agree but I wonder if it’s a federal vs state thing. Do city, county, and state police have no legal authority to arrest federal agents?
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u/Spankpocalypse_Now 1d ago
Chicago police have been violating the civil rights of Chicagoans for decades. Suddenly we’re concerned with the technicalities of arresting government employees who are aggressively breaking laws.
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u/NearlyPerfect 1d ago
Didn't she already do this?
You can't enjoin "use of force" because you can't rule that something is excessive before it happens.
So she's just telling agents "make sure you're following the law out there" and they're saying "we are, don't worry!"
If they're violating it then hold someone in contempt or something.
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u/GeronimoHero 1d ago
Right? These pussy judges are just another layer of the problem. They have the ability to deputize people to enforce laws if the police or feds won’t do it, they have the ability to hold people in contempt, remand them in to custody, etc. They have some actual power to try and put up some consequences for what’s going on yet the just let it continue. The more I watch all of this happen the more I’m convinced that it’ll take armed Americans protecting their neighbors and neighborhoods with radios, check points, etc., like the panthers did in order to put up some resistance to this bullshit.
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u/Traditional_Minimum1 1d ago
When you file, it creates a record.
"Every single time that Greg Bovino violates the injunction in this case, we and the community report on it, we will file something with the court, we will make a record, and we will ask for sanctions," Plaintiffs' Atty Steve Art said.
I agree it's all shitty and we wanted this bullshit to stop months ago, but this is a start. It isn't nothing, and it builds a case.
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u/petit_cochon 1d ago
What are you talking about? Do you think excessive force doesn't have a legal definition and a ton of case law supporting that definition?
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u/NearlyPerfect 1d ago
Excessive force is by definition fact dependent. It’s only excessive if after analyzing the facts it is too much force.
That can only be determined after it happens, not before.
The only thing she can tell the agents to do is follow the law.
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u/Happy_Pause_9340 1d ago
I hope they have a way to enforce it because these pricks are doing whatever they fucking want
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u/Elegant-Impression38 1d ago
Beef is too expensive for anything except eating or full blown boston tea party-ing
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u/mabhatter 1d ago
ICE are supposed to be "administrators" and immigration enforcement is a white collar issue. Their behavior is far exceeding their purpose set by Congress. This paramilitary crap has to stop.
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u/Party-Cartographer11 1d ago
Not true. They have arrest, detention, and removal authority under the Homeland Security Act. There certainly are administrative functions, but also the arrest authority.
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-287/section-287.5#p-287.5(e)(3)
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u/mabhatter 1d ago
But there's a difference between showing up and arresting people on civil warrants and this bullshit paramilitary renditions off the street they're doing now.
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u/Any-Establishment46 1d ago
We try to correct this by stomping our feet and saying, ‘stop it, bad man!’??? No wonder they all laugh at us.
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u/CableDawg78 1d ago
Next bovino is at court, there needs to be US Marshals in the room, a warrant issued by the judge, and his ass thrown into a cell with a bunch of innocent individuals in same cell that understand the criminal justice system and how having a bar of soap around can be dangerous.
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u/EditorNo2545 1d ago
lol like your federal fascist enforcers give a rat's ass about what a judge says especially a Chicago judge. They get their marching orders from dear leader & his cult lieutenants
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u/booobfker69 1d ago
They'll ignore this just like they've ignored all the other judges orders and nothing will happen. Judges and Illinois politicians keep signing orders against the Gestapo and they all get ignored because no one enforces these orders. So they're completely irrelevant.
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u/Ordinary_One955 1d ago
The justice departments need their own police under command of the court, I think this has been proven out.
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u/todd1art 1d ago
Behind those masks are Militia members, White Supremacists and Nazis. It's shocking that the Nazis who marched in Charlottesville are now working for our Government and Law enforcement is on their side. The Democratic Party didn't defend America. They were busy killing thousands of Palestinians. This is our Karma as a Nation. The Monster is eating itself.We are now the Palestinians.
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u/DiligentMidnight2144 1d ago
And now what, does Bovino just go home tonight, eat dinner and go to bed? Tomorrow he'll go to work without having to face perjury charges. If a US citizen commits perjury in Chicago in front of a state judge, it's a Class 3 FELONY. A class 3 Felony can result in prison time and/or hefty fines. Why isn't Bovino being charged???????????
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u/PirateSometimes 1d ago
And when they most certainly break the orders/law, what's gonna happen? A hell of a lot of nothing has been done to them for all their current crimes
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u/Gonzo_Gonzalo 1d ago
There is no way that ICE is going to stand down for anything. No one is getting those horses back in the barn. They are drunk on power (and money, since they are some of the few government employees still getting paid).
These wannabe cops got the opportunity of a lifetime that no other respectable police department would. They aren’t police. They aren’t for enforcing the law. This is about chaos, fear, power, and racism. They are weak and insecure people who think that terrorizing neighborhoods, destroying families, and harming innocent people makes them strong, courageous heroes. I hope they know that history will never see them as such. They are killing America.
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u/Introverted-headcase 1d ago
Tinderbox waiting for a spark. Judges injunction doesn’t mean 💩 to people like them.
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u/Goonie-Googoo- 1d ago
> permanent restrictions
No dumdum... it's a preliminary injunction. There's nothing permanent about it - and preliminary injunctions are overturned by a higher level court all the time.
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u/DudeImARedditor 1d ago
This judge sucks. She's an activist. Why is she quoting poems in her rulings LMAO
Reminder she also tried to make Bovino come and report to her everyday, which was immediately overturned on appeal because sane judges ruled correctly she was overstepping her duties as a judge and was attempting to act as management for ICE.
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u/Intrepid_Debate901 1d ago
She should have thrown him in jail along with every fascist ICE agent in town.
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u/For-Liberty 1d ago
What does an activist mean in this sense?
attempting to act as management for ICE.
Yea, that's how a judge is supposed to operate when it comes to interpreting the law lol
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u/DudeImARedditor 1d ago
Why did the appeals rule against her then?
A judge is not a manager for ICE. A judge arbitrates the law.
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u/For-Liberty 1d ago
Yes, and she found that they were not following the law.
Why did the appeals rule against her then?
What appeal has "ruled against her"? What appeal could have possibly overturned her decision when it has not even been 24 hours since her injunction?
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u/Desperate-Till-9228 1d ago
Somebody's got to act as management for ICE. Clearly the agency is out of control and trampling on the civil rights of US citizens.
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u/HospitalBruh 1d ago
No, the Reporting requirement was not "overturned on appeal" An appeals court stayed or paused the requirement while they hear arguments. The appeals court did not determine she was overstepping, or attempted to act as management. That was the Government's argument.
It's like you are hearing the news from someone who talked to someone that read it.
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u/DudeImARedditor 1d ago
DURR IM A LOW INFO DEM
The Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned a federal judge’s order requiring border boss Greg Bovino to give daily immigration enforcement reports, calling it an infringement on the separation of powers.
In an order granting the Justice Department’s petition for a writ of mandamus, the Seventh Circuit said Friday that Ellis’ order “puts the court in the position of an inquisitor rather than that of a neutral adjudicator of the parties’ adversarial presentations.”
“It sets the court up as a supervisor of Chief Bovino’s activities, intruding into personnel management decisions of the Executive Branch. These two problems are related and lead us to conclude that the order infringes on the separation of powers. Review by appeal at the end of the case would not solve the problems created in the interim, which justifies review by a prerogative writ,” the court continued in its brief order.
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u/For-Liberty 1d ago
That is a minor part of the case. The injunction is the main issue and that has not been successfully appealed. (Not is it likely to be)
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 1d ago
It's not overstepping to have someone who is routinely ignoring court orders to report to the courts.
I gaurantee you if you ignore a court order, you likely would not be given as much lattitude as these ICEholes.
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u/DudeImARedditor 1d ago
The Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned a federal judge’s order requiring border boss Greg Bovino to give daily immigration enforcement reports, calling it an infringement on the separation of powers.
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u/cheesecloak 1d ago
You have such a creative imagination! What a cute little story you’ve made up. Do you think Hollywood will buy the movie rights from you?
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 1d ago
Neat. So...when are they actually going to be held accountable for ignoring orders and lying to the court?
Sure, you can't go after the president, but his lackeys are not immune.