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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Newly released transcripts of private interviews with a senior U.S. Border Patrol official and other authorities leading the immigration crackdown in the Chicago area reveal tense exchanges as leaders dodged questions about high-profile uses of force.

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... The transcripts also include hours of Bovino giving evasive responses as he defended agents' use of force and characterized protesters as "violent rioters."

He was repeatedly questioned over an Oct. 23 protest in the historically Mexican-American neighborhood of Little Village, where Bovino initially claimed he threw tear gas canisters after being hit with a rock, which he said hurt but did not break skin.

As he was questioned, Bovino admitted he was "mistaken" and the rock was thrown after he threw the tear gas.

Ellis has accused Bovino of lying about the incident in court.

When he was asked if he threw "a canister of CS gas," Bovino said he did not.

"Okay. Why not?" he was asked.

"You said canister. I threw two. That's " that's plural," Bovino responded. ...

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