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A court order bars federal agents from arresting peaceful protesters or journalists covering immigration protests. It also bars them from using harsh crowd control methods such as tear gas and other “less-lethal” weapons and ammunition.

Protests have erupted after the Trump administration launched “Operation Midway Blitz” on Sept. 8 to crack down on immigrants living in the Chicago area without legal authorization. Most have taken place in the suburb of Broadview where Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates a detention facility.

News organizations, along with individual protesters and clergy, argued the tactics being used to suppress protests and news coverage of them violated First Amendment protections.

The Illinois Press Association withdrew as a plaintiff in

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