Greg Bovino, Border Patrol
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Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander-at-large who has led federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, pushed back against critics who compared ICE agents to the Gestapo in Nazi Germany.
Although Bovino is gone, immigration officials will continue to disregard rights and the rule of law under President Donald Trump.
Still, at the time, the Border Patrol remained a relatively small group focused on racial policing near the Mexican border. The agency’s most high-profile moment was Operation Wetback, which ejected approximately a million people in the mid-1950s.
CNN's Dana Bash asked Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino about why he is referring to Alex Pretti, a man shot and killed by federal agents yesterday in Minneapolis, as a "suspect." "It looked to us from every angle,
It’s tempting to breathe a sigh of relief at the thought that evil has left the building. We’re not that lucky.
ABLE TO TRACK DOWN THE SUSPECT AND STOP THE THREAT. NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT A FEDERAL IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. WE NOW KNOW THAT BORDER PATROL COMMANDER GREGORY BOVINO AND OTHER BORDER PATROL ...