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Gregory Bovino urged leadership to allow him to do immigration enforcement his way.
Sidelined Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino lusted for a more heavy-handed approach to immigration months before his foot soldiers started shooting people, a leaked email has revealed.
Bovino, until recently, would swagger through cities with his immigration goon squad in widespread sweeps that would often end in Border Patrol agents getting into ugly scrapes with protesters. This approach resulted in the deaths of protesters at the hands of federal agents, sparking mass protests in some cities, most notably Minneapolis.
Their deaths came after Bovino pushed back against guidance from the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stick to “targeted operations,” according to reporting by NBC News. The network obtained an email apparently sent by Bovino to Department of Homeland Security leaders in the capital, where he complained about the acting director of ICE, Todd Lyons.
In the note, sent months before federal agents shot dead two protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bovino complained that Lyons’ preferred approach was too limp.
He wanted “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago to be an all-encompassing sweep, rather than targeted at individuals who had committed crimes or were known to authorities prior.
“Mr. Lyons seemed intent that CBP conduct targeted operations for at least two weeks before transitioning to full scale immigration enforcement,” Bovino wrote, referring to Customs and Border Protection, which oversees Border Patrol agents.
“I declined his suggestion. We ended the conversation shortly thereafter.”
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Leaked Email Reveals Border Patrol Goon’s Jaw-Dropping Complaint About Tactics
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