Senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino , who has become the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns in Chicago, is due in federal court Tuesday to take questions about the enforcement operation in the area.

The hearing comes after a judge earlier this month ordered uniformed immigration agents to wear body cameras, the latest step in a lawsuit that says federal agents used excessive force, including using chemical irritants like tear gas and pepper balls during protests.

Bovino, a chief of the Border Patrol sector in El Centro, California, was recorded on video last Thursday during a clash of agents and protesters in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, throwing what appeared to be a tear gas cannister into the group. He’s expected to be asked about that

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