đŸ”— Share this article US Enforcement Agents in Chicago Ordered to Use Recording Devices by Judge's Decision An American judge has ordered that enforcement agents in the Windy City must utilize body-worn cameras following repeated incidents where they employed projectiles, smoke devices, and chemical agents against protesters and local police, seeming to disregard a prior legal decision. Judicial Displeasure Over Operational Methods Federal Judge Sara Ellis, who had earlier required immigration agents to display identification and banned them from using crowd-control methods such as irritants without alert, voiced considerable concern on Thursday regarding the DHS's ongoing forceful methods. "My home is in the Windy City if folks were unaware," she declared on Thursday. "And I can see clearly, right?" Ellis further stated: "I'm getting images and observing images on the television, in the paper, reading documentation where I'm experiencing apprehensions about my ruling being complied with." Broader Context This new requirement for immigration officers to wear body cameras coincides with Chicago has become the most recent center of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement push in the past few weeks, with forceful agency operations. At the same time, residents in Chicago have been mobilizing to stop apprehensions within their areas, while federal authorities has labeled those efforts as "unrest" and stated it "is using reasonable and lawful measures to support the legal system and defend our personnel." Recent Incidents On Tuesday, after immigration officers initiated a automobile chase and led to a multi-car collision, protesters yelled "You're not welcome" and hurled objects at the personnel, who, seemingly without warning, deployed chemical agents in the vicinity of the crowd – and multiple local law enforcement who were also at the location. Elsewhere on Tuesday, a masked agent shouted expletives at protesters, commanding them to move back while holding down a teenager, Warren King, to the sidewalk, while a observer shouted "he's an American," and it was unclear why King was being apprehended. Over the weekend, when attorney Samay Gheewala attempted to ask personnel for a warrant as they arrested an immigrant in his neighborhood, he was pushed to the ground so strongly his fingers were injured. Community Impact At the same time, some area children ended up obliged to remain inside for outdoor activities after irritants permeated the roads near their school yard. Comparable anecdotes have been documented across the country, even as ex enforcement leaders advise that apprehensions seem to be non-selective and broad under the pressure that the national leadership has placed on agents to remove as many people as possible. "They don't seem to care whether or not those persons represent a risk to public safety," John Sandweg, a ex-enforcement chief, remarked. "They just say, 'Without proper documentation, you become eligible for deportation.'"