Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Wednesday said the use of tear gas by federal immigration agents has lessened after he spoke with leaders from Customs and Border Protection.

Since the start of “Operation Midway Blitz” in early September, CBP agents have repeatedly deployed tear gas into hostile crowds. CPD officers — 40 in all — were subject to the gas on at least two occasions.

“We’ve had a conversation with them about it and we’ve seen less of it now,” Snelling told the Tribune Wednesday morning before attending CPD’s budget hearing at City Hall. “I expressed my concern, we talked about it. Concern(s) from our officers and concern for everybody on the scene.”

“That conversation is always in the best interest of the entire city, not just the (police) department,” Snelli

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