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11. ICE Chicago Field Director's Abrupt Return to DC After Judge in Illinois Demands Him in Court

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Thu Oct 23, 2025, 08:54 PM

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Matt Masterson | October 17, 2025, 1:11 pm

Russell Hott, the field director for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Chicago, is exiting his post and returning to Washington, a day after a federal judge in Illinois demanded he appear in court to answer questions about his agency’s continued use of tear gas in and around the city ...

Ellis demanded that Hott appear in court next Monday morning in order to “explain to me why I am seeing images of tear gas being deployed and reading reports that there were no warnings given before it was deployed out in the field.”

But in a new filing Friday, the Department of Justice asked Ellis to reconsider, stating it has since learned of Hott’s departure ...

https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/17/ice-s-chicago-field-director-abruptly-returns-dc-after-federal-judge-illinois-demands

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