Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino to retire
CBS News reports that controversial Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is retiring from federal service at the end of this month, after being relieved of a high-profile role leading immigration raids in major U.S. cities.
After serving as the chief patrol agent of the El Centro sector along the California-Mexico border, Bovino "quickly became a leading public face of the Trump administration's aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration after he was deployed to cities across the U.S., to oversee sweeping and often controversial immigration raids."
In Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte, New Orleans and Minneapolis, immigration enforcement "operations came under scrutiny, with local residents and leaders denouncing them as heavy-handed and indiscriminate. Border Patrol agents under Bovino's command were captured on video stopping people to ask for their immigration status, including because of the person's accent."
Bovino was relieved of his role in late Minneapolis after the fatal shootings of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti triggered widespread political backlash. Immediately after Pretti's killing, Bovino, with no evidence, claimed that Pretti intended to "massacre" federal agents.
