"A different person familiar with the matter said Bovino had been stripped of his specially created title of commander at large of the Border Patrol and would return to his former job as a chief patrol agent along California's El Centro sector of the US-Mexico border. Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was sending Tom Homan, his border czar, to Minnesota to oversee operations on the ground there dubbed Operation Metro Surge reporting directly to the president."
"Bovino's departure comes amid a sharp shift in strategy from the White House after the fatal killing of the 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Earlier on Monday, Donald Trump said he had held conciliatory calls with the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey Democrats he had previously blamed for the turmoil that escalated into two fatal killings of US citizens by federal agents."
Gregory Bovino, a 55-year-old Border Patrol commander, is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday amid a White House reshuffle of immigration enforcement leadership and a scaled-back federal presence following a second fatal shooting by federal officers. Bovino had become the public face of the administration’s on-the-ground immigration crackdown and a target of criticism from Democrats and civil liberties activists. He will leave Minnesota with some deployed agents and has been stripped of a specially created commander-at-large title, returning to his prior role as chief patrol agent in California's El Centro sector and is expected to retire soon. The president sent Tom Homan to oversee Operation Metro Surge and held conciliatory calls with Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey. The Department of Homeland Security pushed back on the demotion reports.
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