CHICAGO -- An appeals court ruled in favor of the Trump administration Friday and stopped a judge from trying to get daily updates from a Border Patrol official about the government's immigration crackdown in the Chicago area.

The court said the order from U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis put her "in position of an inquisitor rather than that of a neutral adjudicator" and would have turned her into a supervisor of Greg Bovino, a violation of the separation of powers.

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Ellis, concerned about allegations of excessive force and the use of tear gas against protesters, wanted daily updates from Bovino, starting Wednesday. But the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals intervened that day and suspended the order before further freezing it Fri

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