"Now, a more controversial visitor has exploited the work for a Windy City photo op. Just after dawn on Monday, dozens of U.S. Border Patrol agents gathered in front of the 66-foot-long piece, led by chief Gregory Bovino, a 25-year veteran of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Area news outlet Block Club Chicago reports that the agents, in green fatigues and sporting large firearms, poured out of numerous SUVs just after 7 a.m."
"But the Chicago chapter of the National Lawyers Guild pointed the finger at the feds, saying in a statement, "Trump's federal agents turned what would have been a quiet Saturday afternoon on the Southwest side of Chicago into a dangerous and unsafe environment due to their repeated and unnecessary escalations." Local alderman Mike Rodriguez, who was on the scene over the weekend, said that he never heard the shots that were supposedly fired at federal agents."
Dozens of U.S. Border Patrol agents, led by chief Gregory Bovino, gathered at Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago in a dawn photo opportunity. The agents arrived in green fatigues, carrying large firearms and exiting multiple SUVs around 7 a.m. One agent called out "Little Village," referencing a predominantly Mexican American neighborhood where tear gas was deployed during a recent enforcement raid. The Department of Homeland Security announced an arrest of an undocumented Mexican immigrant in connection with a shooting targeting agents. The Chicago chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and local officials criticized the federal presence and questioned the necessity of the escalations.
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