(NewsNation) — A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily barred the Department of Homeland Security from using crowd control weapons like tear gas and pepper balls on local journalists who are covering the Trump administration’s confrontations with demonstrators.

A suit filed earlier this week by news outlets and media associations, among others, said federal agents used “indiscriminate” force and interfered with freedoms of the press. Critics have accused the feds of using a heavy hand while trying to control crowds at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Broadview.

Several journalists say they’ve been hit with rubber bullets or other projectiles and tear-gassed, according to the suit.

The order Thursday from U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis prohibits DHS personne

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