"From his post as chief of the Border Patrol in El Centro, which encompasses the Imperial Valley of southeastern California, he had worked hard to curry favor with the Republican. Two weeks before Trump's inauguration, the official sent dozens of agents hundreds of miles north to Kern County in the Central Valley to conduct arrests at gas stations and along the highway, terrorizing the migrant community in the agricultural heartland of the nation's most populous state."
"After nearly three decades with the Border Patrol, Bovino has become the uniformed face of Trump's immigration offensive. Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem refers to him as the general commander of the Border Patrol (CBP). He has led the Trump administration's most aggressive operations against migrants and has overseen the deployment of federal forces in Democratic-leaning cities, first in Los Angeles and then in Chicago."
"Federal Judge Sara Ellis of the Northern District of Illinois had ordered Tuesday that the official appear before her court every day at 5:45 p.m. to report on the arrests made by CBP that day, as well as any incidents that occurred, to ensure that the agents are complying with the law and remaining within constitutional limits. On Wednesday, however, an appeals court suspended the order."
Gregory Bovino, chief of the Border Patrol in El Centro, directed pre-inauguration operations that detained 78 people in Kern County, of whom only one had a criminal record. Bovino rose after nearly three decades to become the uniformed face of an aggressive immigration offensive and was called the "general commander of the Border Patrol (CBP)" by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. He oversaw deployments of federal forces in Democratic-leaning Los Angeles and Chicago and led operations criticized for brutality, including use of tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters. Federal courts intervened, ordering and then temporarily suspending reporting requirements.
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