U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wednesday evening, after the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with U.S. Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino.

Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was all fired up on cable news Wednesday about being ordered to meet daily with a federal judge, telling conservative Fox News host Harris Faulkner he couldn’t wait to give the judge a “very good first-hand look at just how bad things are on the streets of Chicago.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino is in federal court in Chicago, testifying before Judge Sara Ellis on alleged violations of a temporary restraining order during Operation Midway Blitz.

U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

The top U.S. Border Patrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained,

U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis called Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino into court to respond to reports that his agents violated her orders.

The DOJ filed the motion with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday afternoon, hours before Bovino was set to appear at the Dirksen Federal Building to meet with U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis.