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Judge permits questioning of top Border Patrol boss in lawsuit over treatment of protesters in Chicago

Judge permits questioning of top Border Patrol boss in lawsuit over treatment of protesters in Chicago

Top U.S. Border Patrol Commander-At-Large Gregory Bovino will have to sit for a deposition in an ongoing lawsuit over the feds’ treatment of protesters during the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago. However, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis put strict limits on Bovino’s deposition, in which he’ll have to answer questions under oath from the lawyers who brought the …

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Federal Judge Presses ICE, Border Patrol Officials On Tactics And Use Of Tear Gas

Federal Judge Presses ICE, Border Patrol Officials On Tactics And Use Of Tear Gas

This is part of our series of daily recaps of ICE activity in the Chicago region. Have a tip we should check out? Email newsroom@blockclubchi.org. CHICAGO — Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino must sit for questioning, under limited conditions, in the ongoing lawsuit over force used against journalists and peaceful protesters by federal immigration agents, a judge ruled Monday. U.S. District …

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Patrol vehicle hit by shrapnel as Marines fired live artillery over California interstate, highway patrol says

Patrol vehicle hit by shrapnel as Marines fired live artillery over California interstate, highway patrol says

SAN DIEGO — The Marines Corps has launched an investigation after the California Highway Patrol said shrapnel from an artillery shell, fired during a live-fire demonstration touted by the White House, struck a law enforcement vehicle. No injuries were reported when an artillery round “detonated overhead prematurely” during Saturday’s 250th anniversary celebration for the Marines Corps at Camp Pendleton, the …

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Chicago volunteers patrol neighborhoods to oppose ICE and help migrants escape : NPR

Chicago volunteers patrol neighborhoods to oppose ICE and help migrants escape : NPR

Organizers with the People’s Patrol talk to immigrant kids in Hanover Park, a suburb of Chicago, on October 10, 2025. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR HANOVER PARK, Ill. — Nearly a dozen kids come around the block, some running and others riding their bikes. They are heading straight to the gap between the grocery store and the …

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As U.S. Warships Patrol Caribbean, Drug Smugglers Shift Tactics – The New York Times

As U.S. Warships Patrol Caribbean, Drug Smugglers Shift Tactics  The New York Times U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Boat Attack Near Venezuela, Trump Says  The New York Times US strikes another vessel off Venezuela coast, killing six  BBC U.S. kills 6 alleged drug smugglers in new strike off Venezuela, Trump says  The Washington Post Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast …

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WGN Staffer Detained, Later Released By Border Patrol Agents In Lincoln Square

WGN Staffer Detained, Later Released By Border Patrol Agents In Lincoln Square

This is part of our series of daily recaps of ICE activity in the Chicago region. Have a tip we should check out? Email newsroom@blockclubchi.org. LINCOLN SQUARE — Federal agents detained a woman who works for the news agency WGN on Friday morning as she attempted to document them detaining a Latino man, witnesses said. It is unclear if the woman …

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Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco — stunning his own PR team

Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco — stunning his own PR team

Marc Benioff has long been San Francisco’s liberal-leaning billionaire, the tech executive who funded homeless services, donated to the city’s public schools, and hosted Hillary Clinton fundraisers. But in a new, wide-ranging phone interview with the New York Times from his private plane, Benioff revealed a political transformation that seemed to surprise even his own communications team, despite that Salesforce …

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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol says agent said, ‘Do something b—-‘

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol says agent said, ‘Do something b—-‘

Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b—-,” before pulling over and shooting the woman five times, the woman’s attorney said in federal court Monday. The video appears to contradict the government’s allegation that Marimar Martinez, …

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