Federal agents’ use of force amid an aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience,” the Trump administration’s arguments “lack credibility,” and a top Border Patrol official lied while trying to justify the use of tear gas, a judge found Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis made those findings while handing down a preliminary injunction that now more permanently restricts federal authorities use of force during the campaign known as “Operation Midway Blitz.” It largely mirrors an earlier order from Ellis, forbidding agents from using “riot control” weapons against people who pose no immediate threat, and without two warnings.

Ellis spent more than 90 minutes handing down her ruling at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. She began by reading Carl Sandburg’s poem, “Chi

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