CHICAGO - Federal immigration and border officials appeared in court Monday to defend their handling of protesters during Operation Midway Blitz.

U.S. District Judge Sarah Ellis called an emergency hearing after saying it appeared agents were violating existing court orders.

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Ellis said top Chicago-based officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement must sit for federal depositions regarding how the operation is being carried out.

Deputy directors for both agencies testified that they are complying with court rulings on the use of body cameras and force.

They said all agents will now be equipped with body cameras and that current policy requires three verbal warnings before deploying tear gas, rubber bullets or other nonlethal

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