The Border Patrol leader who's behind an aggressive immigration crackdown across the Chicago area is applauding his agents' use of force and aggressive tactics.

The DOJ filed the motion with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday afternoon, hours before Bovino was set to appear at the Dirksen Federal Building to meet with U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis.

Instead of carefully targeted arrests long practiced by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, President Donald Trump’s administration has deployed roving groups of masked Border Patrol agents,

The Trump Administration is planning a major shake-up in immigration enforcement, according to multiple sources, looking to put Border Patrol leaders in charge of ICE operations in cities across the U.

A judge ripped apart the Trump administration’s argument against her ruling this week by quoting their top goon’s own words directly from a Fox News interview. U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis said she was stunned to see Donald Trump’s most notorious immigration enforcer boast about how he was looking forward to nightly check-ins in her courtroom—hours before government lawyers argued that the very same check-ins would be “extraordinarily disruptive.

The chief of the Border Patrol says he wants “operational control” of the border, but few people are trying to cross now amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.

The deposition of Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino nearly ground to a halt last week as government lawyers repeatedly objected to questions by plaintiffs’ attorneys, court records show.

Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who has become a public face of President Trump’s crackdown, was ordered to give the federal judge a daily report on the actions of his team from now on.

The ruling comes a day after the commander attended federal court to address questions about a series of aggressive immigration actions.

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino does not have to appear daily in court to brief a federal judge on the latest uses of force in “Operation

In a tense hearing, Gregory Bovino faced scrutiny for alleged violations of court orders limiting use of force.