At a hearing Thursday morning, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis extended restrictions she put on area immigration enforcement through a temporary restraining order last month. The order limits federal immigration agents' use of force, including tear gas and riot-control weapons, against peaceful protesters, journalists and others. It also mandates that agents wear badges or display other visible identification, and it requires that most agents use body cameras. Before announcing her latest order, Ellis described Chicago as a place "brimming with vitality and hope" as it works to move past a history that includes segregation and violence, with "everyday people standing watch to protect the most vulnerable among us." read more
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum testified Wednesday that he had no role in the decision to release his government-issued vehicle after it was involved in a collision that led to him shooting a woman on Chicago's southwest side last month. "I was told to pick it up, [so] I picked it up," Exum said, adding that he believed the vehicle had no remaining evidentiary value after it was processed and released by the FBI. An attorney for the woman disputed Exum's account, arguing that releasing the vehicle before defense lawyers could inspect it may have led to the destruction of potentially favorable evidence. The lawyer also confronted the agent with text messages Exum sent to friends and family in the days after the incident in which he appeared to boast about his shooting skills. "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys," one of those messages said.
The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday confirmed it had been hacked, potentially disclosing important government data to malicious actors. The small government office, with some 275 employees, provides objective, impartial analysis to support lawmakers during the budget process. It is required to produce a cost estimate for nearly every bill approved by a House or Senate committee and will weigh in earlier when asked to do so by lawmakers. Caitlin Emma, a spokeswoman for the CBO said in a written statement that the agency "has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional monitoring and new security controls to further protect the agency's systems going forward." The Washington Post first wrote the story on the CBO hack, stating that the intrusion was done by a suspected foreign actor, citing four anonymous people familiar with the situation.
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