From the Daily Caller: A federal judge took an unprecedented step in overseeing the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown throughout the Chicago area.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, appointed to the bench in Illinois by the Obama administration, ordered Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino on Tuesday to report to her daily over immigration enforcement operations in The Windy City, according to multiple reports. The order follows sweeping immigration raids across the city as the Trump administration seeks to remove criminal illegal migrants around the country.
“Mr. Bovino’s going to be here every day at 6 to tell me what happened,” Ellis said, declaring that the meetings would take place every weekday, according to Politico.
“My role is not to tell you that you can or cannot enforce validly passed laws by Congress,” the Obama judge said. “My role is simply to see that any enforcement of those laws is done in a manner that is consistent with your obligations under the law.”
In early September, the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Blitz,” with the goal to locate and arrest illegal aliens in the sanctuary city of Chicago.
Bovino said in a Fox News interview that the mission in Chicago will go on no matter how many times he’s dragged into court by the foreign-born Obama judge.
🚨 CBP Chief Gregory Bovino says Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago will continue no matter how many times he’s dragged into court by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, a foreign-born Obama appointee. pic.twitter.com/BTxv7nEY1j
— Timcast News (@TimcastNews) October 29, 2025
ABOUT THIS JUDGE: Sara Ellis, was born in 1969 in London, Ontario, Canada to Jamaican-born parents. She became a U.S. citizen when she was 15 years old. Ellis is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She was nominated to the position by Barack Obama in May 2013, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in October 2013 by a voice vote.
LAWFARE: Jamaican-born Judge Sara Ellis has ordered US Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino to brief her on his activities in-person every evening at 6PM. The Democrat Judge acknowledged this requirement will make it basically impossible to effectively do his job. pic.twitter.com/15R5x1BctW
— @amuse (@amuse) October 29, 2025
Derrick Evans, a former West Virginia state lawmaker, wrote:
BREAKING: An Obama appointed judge just ruled that ICE agents in Chicago will be REQUIRED to wear body cameras. Sara Lee Ellis is a US District Court judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
“I’m having concerns about my order being followed,” the judge said. “I am adding that all agents who are operating in Operation Midway Blitz are to wear body-worn cameras, and they are to be on,”
No one voted for your sorry butt. Sit down & STFU. We are SICK of left wing activist judges pretending they are more powerful than the President of The United States.
🚨BREAKING: An Obama appointed judge just ruled that ICE agents in Chicago will be REQUIRED to wear body cameras.
Sara Lee Ellis is a US District Court judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
“I’m having concerns about my order being followed,” the judge said.
“I am… pic.twitter.com/qBy1gLIc6N
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) October 16, 2025
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