Greg Bovino, who is commanding CBP field operations in Chicago for Operation Midway Blitz, has been ordered to appear in person for a status hearing on Tuesday.

New video appears to show Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino lobbing a can of tear gas into a crowd of protesters, but DHS says agents acted ‘in full accordance with CBP policy’ during a clash in Little Village on Thursday.

In the statement, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Border Patrol agents were near 27th Street and Whipple Ave when they were surrounded by a large crowd of “75 to 100” people she called

Bovino combines Bull Connor’s aggression with Don King’s showmanship: a man willing to oversee violent, aggressive operations like Chicago’s “Midway Blitz” but, just as critically, to promote the fight to as many people as possible.

Mr. Bovino, a Border Patrol leader, appeared to use tear gas during a confrontation with residents on Thursday. Plaintiffs in a suit over federal tactics say that violated a court order.

Federal immigration agents accompanied by Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino swarmed Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood Wednesday, community leaders said, arresting at least seven people, including U.

The agents were joined by Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino, just days after a federal judge ordered him to sit for a deposition regarding the government’s handling of protesters during “Operation Midway Blitz,” President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign in the Chicago area.