🔗 Share this article US Immigration Agents in Chicago Mandated to Wear Worn Cameras by Court Order A US court has mandated that enforcement agents in the Chicago area must use body cameras following repeated situations where they employed chemical irritants, smoke devices, and irritants against protesters and law enforcement, appearing to violate a previous judicial ruling. Judicial Displeasure Over Enforcement Tactics Court Official Sara Ellis, who had earlier required immigration agents to display identification and banned them from using riot-control techniques such as tear gas without alert, showed strong displeasure on Thursday regarding the federal agency's continued heavy-handed approaches. "I live in the Windy City if folks haven't noticed," she stated on Thursday. "And I can see clearly, right?" Ellis continued: "I'm seeing images and seeing footage on the news, in the publication, reading documentation where I'm having concerns about my ruling being complied with." Broader Context This latest directive for immigration officers to employ body cameras occurs while Chicago has become the current epicenter of the federal government's mass deportation campaign in recent times, with forceful government action. At the same time, community members in Chicago have been coordinating to block detentions within their areas, while DHS has described those efforts as "rioting" and asserted it "is taking reasonable and constitutional steps to uphold the justice system and protect our personnel." Recent Incidents Recently, after federal agents initiated a vehicle pursuit and resulted in a multi-car collision, individuals shouted "You're not welcome" and launched objects at the officers, who, seemingly without notice, deployed tear gas in the area of the demonstrators – and 13 local law enforcement who were also on the scene. In another incident on Tuesday, a concealed officer shouted expletives at individuals, commanding them to retreat while holding down a 19-year-old, Warren King, to the sidewalk, while a bystander yelled "he's a citizen," and it was unknown why King was under arrest. On Sunday, when lawyer Samay Gheewala sought to request officers for a court order as they apprehended an immigrant in his area, he was forced to the sidewalk so strongly his palms bled. Community Impact Additionally, some area children ended up required to be kept inside for break time after irritants spread through the roads near their school yard. Similar accounts have emerged throughout the United States, even as previous enforcement leaders warn that apprehensions look to be non-selective and sweeping under the demands that the Trump administration has imposed on personnel to expel as many people as possible. "They don't seem to care whether or not those individuals represent a threat to community security," an ex-director, a ex-enforcement chief, remarked. "They just say, 'If you're undocumented, you qualify for removal.'"