"He has now been dismissed in disgrace, but history will not soon forget Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino. The world will be haunted by images of him striding smugly through the snowy streets of Minneapolis and the crowded corridors of a Target department store as immigration officers ran roughshod over the city in reckless pursuit of the undocumented, killing two protesters and terrorizing the nation at large."
"With his imperial coat and indifferent grin, Bovino became the face of Donald Trump's merciless immigration crackdown. He was the "commander at large" of Operation Midway Blitz as masked ICE and other immigration-enforcement officers made a show of rounding up little kids in bunny hats, teenagers who walked to the store to buy gummy bears, the barely clothed elderly, and those ailing in a hospital in pursuit of red-meat deportation numbers to satisfy the MAGA base. Instead, the country has convulsed in sickening horror."
"After the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti starkly shifted public opinion against the operation, Bovino has reportedly been dismissed from duty, sent back to his desk in El Centro, California, like a grounded misbehaving middle schooler. He's even reportedly been removed from his official social-media accounts, through which he taunted and trolled people as blood soaked the streets of a traumatized American everytown."
Gregory Bovino emerged as a prominent Border Patrol commander associated with Operation Midway Blitz, wearing an "imperial coat" and projecting an indifferent grin. He led theatrical ICE and immigration-enforcement raids that targeted undocumented people, including children, teenagers, the elderly, and hospital patients, aiming for high deportation numbers to please a political base. Two protesters, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were killed during the operation, triggering public outrage and reports of Bovino’s dismissal and reassignment to a desk in El Centro, California. Bovino reportedly used social media to taunt critics. Questions remain about operational failures and lack of accountability.
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