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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino spent a little more than an hour testifying in U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’ courtroom Tuesday after she ordered him to appear for a hearing in ongoing litigation over CBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ treatment of protesters.

Attorneys for the protesters, clergy and journalists who filed the case allege immigration agents have baselessly deployed tear gas seven times since Ellis issued her Oct. 9 temporary restraining order restricting agents’ use of certain crowd-control tactics without justification or warning.

Ellis also ordered Bovino to appear in her courtroom each weekday evening until a Nov. 5 hearing on whether the temporary restraining order should be converted into a preliminary i

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