Federal judge expresses concern whether Trump administration is following order on confrontations with Chicago protester [View all]
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Source: CNN US
Updated Oct 16, 2025, 11:09 AM ET
PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2025, 10:08 AM ET
A judge in Illinois said she has “serious concerns” over whether federal law enforcement agents are following her order to avoid violent encounters with protesters and journalists in Chicago. “I’m a little startled frankly, that since Thursday when I entered the (temporary restraining order) last week, I’m getting images and seeing images on the news, in the paper, reading reports, where at least from what I’m seeing, I’m having serious concerns that my order’s being followed,” said US District Court Judge Sara Ellis in a hearing called on short notice Thursday.
“I’m not happy,” Ellis said with evident exasperation in her voice. “I’m really not happy.” In response, Ellis announced Thursday she will require all federal agents with body cameras to have them on during encounters with immigration protesters. “That’s the nice thing about body cameras is that they pick up events before the triggering event happens,” she said.
The judge initially required all agents to wear cameras, but agreed to some flexibility after Sean Skedzielewski, an attorney representing the Trump administration, said it would be logistically impossible to immediately equip all agents with bodycams. The Department of Justice still opposed the body cam order, arguing it’s not a simple matter to record the body cam videos and consistently turn them around for reviewing and redacting video based on every allegation. “It would require a tremendous amount of resources,” Skedzielewski said.
Ellis – an Obama appointee – issued a temporary restraining order last week after a coalition of local journalists and protesters sued the Trump administration, saying federal law enforcement agents were targeting people engaging in peaceful activity, including multiple reporters who said they had pepper balls fired on them despite being identified as press.
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Full headline: Federal judge expresses concern whether Trump administration is following order on confrontations with Chicago protesters
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A judge in Illinois said she has “serious concerns” over whether federal law enforcement agents are following her order to avoid violent encounters with protesters and journalists in Chicago. “I’m a little startled frankly, that since Thursday when I entered the (temporary restraining order) last week, I’m getting images and seeing images on the news, in the paper, reading reports, where at least from what I’m seeing, I’m having serious concerns that my order’s being followed,” said US District Court Judge Sara Ellis in a hearing called on short notice Thursday.
In response, Ellis announced Thursday she is expanding her order. “I am adding that all agents who are operating in Operation Midway Blitz are to wear body-worn cameras, and they are to be on,” the judge said in court.
Ellis – an Obama appointee – issued a temporary restraining order last week after a coalition of local journalists and protesters sued the Trump administration, saying federal law enforcement agents were targeting people engaging in peaceful activity, including multiple reporters who said they had pepper balls fired on them despite being identified as press.
Since then, the plaintiffs said there are at least two incidents in which they believe agents did not follow the order, including a confrontation on Chicago’s southeast side Tuesday following a traffic accident involving Border Patrol.
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