Obama appointee’s Chicago immigration order backfires after court says she went too far

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An Obama-appointed federal judge’s attempt to rein in immigration enforcement in Chicago backfired after a federal appeals court ruled she overstepped her authority and "effectively established the district court as the supervisor of all Executive Branch activity in the city of Chicago." A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit tossed out Judge Sara Ellis’ preliminary injunction and dismissed the appeal in a sharply worded 2-1 decision . The panel, comprising two Trump appointees and a Reagan appointee, said the lower court’s injunction was "overbroad" and "constitutionally suspect." It faulted the judge for applying the order not just to specific officers but "the entire Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, as well as anyone acting in concert with them." Ellis had issued a lengthy 233-page opinion explaining why she granted the class-wide preliminary injunction against Homeland Security and Justice Department authorities carrying out immigration enforcement in Chicago. Her order followed a string of clashes between protesters and agents during Operation Midway Blitz , the effort launched last year by the Trump administration to crack down on illegal immigration and street crime in Chicago. JUDGE THAT ORDERED RELEASE OF 600 CHICAGO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SLAMMED BY DHS AS ACTIVIST PUTTING LIVES AT RISK Ellis justified the injunction by saying it was not novel and that it only ordered federal agents to follow current DHS policies regarding use of force and body-worn cameras. "In other words, the Court’s order should break no new ground, and indeed it tracks similar orders entered in other crowd control cases across the country," Ellis said. The appeals court had previously paused her injunction, warning that its "practical effect" was "to enjoin all law enforcement officers within the Executive Branch." The order, the panel said, required federal officers to submit "all current and future internal guidance, policies, and directives"…