Official defends use of tear gas in Chicago and says agents on immigration sweeps have cameras Nation Oct 20, 2025 4:52 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to immigration enforcement in the Chicago area have been given body cameras, an official testified Monday as a judge held a hearing to learn more about the Trump administration’s crackdown, which has produced more than 1,000 arrests as well as complaints that agents are increasingly using combative tactics.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis last week ordered uniformed agents to wear cameras , if available, and turn them on when engaged in arrests, frisks and building searches or when being deployed to protests.

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