Greg Bovino, who is leading Border Patrol efforts in Chicago, was ordered Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis to brief her every evening. It is an unprecedented bid to impose real-time oversight on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown after weeks of tense encounters and increasingly aggressive tactics by agents in the city.

A federal appeals court granted a request from the Justice Department for an administrative stay pausing an order that requires Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino meet in person with Judge Sara Ellis each day.

Mr. Bovino, a Border Patrol leader, appeared to use tear gas during a confrontation with residents on Thursday. Plaintiffs in a suit over federal tactics say that violated a court order.