Border Patrol’s Bovino to face questioning
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Bovino has become the public face of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as “Operation Midway Blitz.” The judge called him into court one day after attorneys a
Gregory Bovino, a border patrol official who has become a public face of President Trump’s crackdown, was ordered to appear in a Chicago courtroom.
Judge Sara L. Ellis is ordering top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino to testify after a video showed him apparently violating her orders.
New video appears to show Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino lobbing a can of tear gas into a crowd of protesters, but DHS says agents acted ‘in full accordance with CBP policy’ during a clash in Little Village on Thursday.
In the statement, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Border Patrol agents were near 27th Street and Whipple Ave when they were surrounded by a large crowd of “75 to 100” people she called
Federal immigration agents accompanied by Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino swarmed Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood Wednesday, community leaders said, arresting at least seven people, including U.