ROBERT MCCOPPIN Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — A federal judge has ruled that federal agents violated the rights of news reporters and protesters responding to immigration arrests in Chicago, and restricted future actions against them.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis Thursday issued a restraining order and forbid federal agents from firing tear gas and other projectiles at peaceful protesters, clergy or journalists unless they pose an immediate threat of physical harm to a person, and to stop dispersing people if they have a lawful right to be at a location.

The ruling does not specifically apply to the National Guard that has been deployed to federal sites, but the judge said she did not want the Guard to do a “work around” of the order.

“The actions taken by some of those federal agents cl

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