"Bovino, one of the faces of President Trump's immigration crackdown that began in Los Angeles and is now underway in Chicago, took the stand to testify that he witnessed an alleged assault committed by Brayan Ramos-Brito in Paramount on June 7. Outfitted in his green Border Patrol uniform, Bovino testified that he witnessed Ramos-Brito drag his arm back and strike an agent with an open palm in the chest."
"On a cross-examination, federal public defender Cuauhtemoc Ortega questioned Bovino about being the subject of a misconduct investigation a few years ago and receiving a reprimand for referring to undocumented immigrants as "scum, filth and trash." Bovino denied referring to undocumented immigrants that way and said he was referring to "a specific criminal illegal alien" - a Honduran national who he said had raped a child and re-entered the United States and had been caught at or near the Baton Rogue Border Patrol station."
U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino testified that he witnessed Brayan Ramos-Brito drag his arm back and strike a federal agent in the chest during a June 7 skirmish in Paramount. Bovino appeared in his green Border Patrol uniform to testify in a misdemeanor assault case arising from clashes outside a federal building between federal agents and locals protesting immigration policies. During cross-examination, federal public defender Cuauhtemoc Ortega questioned Bovino about a prior misconduct investigation and a reprimand for describing illegal aliens as "scum, filth and trash." Bovino denied using those words about undocumented peoples and said the comment referred to a specific criminal Honduran national.
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