A federal judge's order designed to protect the constitutional rights of nonthreatening protestors and the press in the Chicago area was paused on Wednesday after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay. Although federal immigration authorities have wound down operations in the Windy City for now, the decision means that the court will have less oversight over any agents who remain and use riot control weapons on opponents of President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign.

United States District Judge Sara L. Ellis issued a preliminary injunction on November 6 after the Trump administration and federal agents were sued for engaging in "extreme brutality" to "silence the press and civilians" protesting "Operation Midway Blitz," the ongoing immigration operation in Ch

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