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A federal judge has indefinitely extended restrictions on immigration agents’ use of riot control weapons like tear gas and pepper balls without adequate justification or warning to those protesting “Operation Midway Blitz.”

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis on Thursday issued an injunction that essentially means her previous prohibitions on use of force contained in her Oct. 9 temporary restraining order will be in effect indefinitely.

The ruling comes after hours of testimony in Ellis’ courtroom Wednesday from witnesses who described being shot with pepper balls, exposed to tear gas and flashbang grenades, arrested or otherwise threatened by agents.

In addition to finding the Trump administration’s version of events justifying the use of force “not credible,” the judge s

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