ICE Official Asks Court
For Permission
To Arrest People Who Criticize ICE By Brad Reed
A court filing released in early November alleged that US Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino said that merely making what he called“ hyperbolic comments” about immigration enforcement operations, including President Donald Trump’ s“ Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago, was enough to justify being arrested.
As reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, attorneys representing several Chicago-based media organizations who are suing to restrict federal immigration agents’ use of force in their city claimed that Bovino said during a sworn deposition that“ he has instructed his officers to arrest protesters who make hyperbolic comments in the heat of political demonstrations.”
The attorneys also said in the court document that Russell Hott, the field director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement( ICE) in Chicago, said during his deposition that he did not agree that it would be“ unconstitutional to arrest people” simply for expressing opposition to his agency’ s current mass deportation operation in the Windy City.
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