October 29, 2025
Appeals Court Halts Daily Court Appearances for Border Patrol Commander
7th Circuit Blocks Order Requiring Commander Greg Bovino to Report Daily to Judge Sara Ellis Amid “Operation Midway Blitz” Probe The federal judiciary in Chicago issued a dramatic intervention this week when the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted an emergency stay on an unprecedented order requiring Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. Border Patrol, to appear in person daily before Sara Ellis, a U.S. district judge, to account for the agency’s conduct in Chicago’s sweeping immigration enforcement campaign. Judge Ellis had issued an order in late October 2025 that Bovino report to her courtroom every












