Chicago federal judge strengthens language ordering all ICE agents to wear body cameras: 'Not a suggestion' [View all]
A federal judge in Chicago on Friday clarified that all immigration enforcement agents must have body cameras in the field as part of a temporary restraining order over the tear-gassing and rough treatment of protesters and media during the Trump administration’s ongoing “Operation Midway Blitz.”
In a hearing at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said she was displeased by the lack of response from the government Thursday when she asked them to come up with suggested language to modify her restraining order when it came to body cameras.
“Nothing came in,” Ellis said Friday. “This was not a suggestion, it was not a hint, it wasn’t a topic of conversation. It was an order.”
The move came in the wake of a public statement from the Department of Homeland Security. After Thursday’s hearing, a DHS spokesperson said there was currently no order requiring body cameras, but if a court were to enter such an order, it would be “an extreme act of judicial activism.”
It’s not clear if Ellis was aware of that statement, but on Friday she said there should be no confusion that she was modifying her temporary restraining order to reflect that body cameras must be worn at all times. “I expect that it will be followed,” she said.
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NOT a "suggestion". That's an order, asshats!
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