Bovino, a nearly 30-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, has emerged as a central figure in Trump's aggressive immigration strategy.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday intensified her monitoring of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Chicago, requiring a top official to appear daily in court and ordering his agency to detail the use of force by its agents including firing tear gas at protesters and bystanders and to hand over body-camera video.

Bovino has become the public face of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as “Operation Midway Blitz.” The judge called him into court one day after attorneys a

U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis called Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino into court to respond to reports that his agents violated her orders.

The actions would violate a federal order imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis to limit the use of nonlethal weapons and other crowd control tactics.