Naperville, Nov. 20 -- A federal appeals court has sided with the Trump administration and temporarily halted a judge's order that restricted how immigration agents could use tear gas and other crowd-control weapons during protests in Chicago.

The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a brief opinion this week, granting the government's emergency request to pause the lower court's directive. The earlier order, issued by US District Judge Sara Ellis on November 6, required Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to provide warnings before deploying tear gas, barred them from arresting or dispersing journalists and mandated that agents wear body cameras and clear identification.

The appeals court concluded the judge's ruling ove...