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fromPoynter
5 days ago

Why did the Trump administration sideline one of its loudest immigration messengers? - Poynter

Following the second shooting death of a Minneapolis citizen by federal immigration officers, Bovino was taken out of Minnesota and reassigned to his old Customs and Border Protection position as chief patrol agent in El Centro, California. The Atlantic's Nick Miroff reported earlier this week that Bovino is essentially losing his job as he is expected to retire soon. That remains to be seen, but this much is true: He has effectively been erased from a leadership role in Trump's immigration crackdown.
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fromJezebel
1 week ago

Maybe It Is Possible to Be Too Visibly a Nazi for the Trump Administration?

Donald Trump distanced himself from Border Patrol agent Gregory Bovino after the politically damaging shooting of American citizen Alex Pretti as immigration polling declined.
fromwww.twincities.com
2 months ago

DHS plans to deploy 250 border agents to Louisiana in major immigration sweep, AP sources say

Around 250 federal border agents are set to descend on New Orleans in the coming weeks for a two-month immigration crackdown dubbed Swamp Sweep that aims to arrest roughly 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press and three people familiar with the operation. The deployment, which is expected to begin in earnest on Dec. 1, marks the latest escalation in a series of rapid-fire immigration crackdowns unfolding nationwide
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