"The Trump administration is removing Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino from Minnesota, after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old VA ICU nurse, Saturday morning. Bovino has been the face of Trump's roving paramilitary-style immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and other Democratic-led cities. Shortly after Pretti was killed, Bovino had claimed Pretti intended to "massacre law enforcement," a statement unsubstantiated by video and witness testimony from the scene. According to The Atlantic magazine, Bovino will return to his previous post in El Centro, California,"
"This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. We also speak with Jenn Budd, a former Border Patrol agent who quit in 2001 and is now an immigrant rights activist. She disputes the claim that recent violence by CBP staff is a result of insufficient training. "The management of the Border Patrol has been corrupt for many generations, and then after 9/11 we just gave them money with little accountability and let them design their own accountability systems," says Budd."
Federal agents fatally shot 37-year-old VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, prompting removal of Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino from Minnesota. Bovino served as the face of roving paramilitary-style immigration crackdowns in Democratic-led cities and made public claims about Pretti that video and witnesses did not substantiate. Independent observers describe the agency's interior operations as extensions of long-standing U.S.-Mexico border policies and practices. A former Border Patrol agent and immigrant rights activist attributes recent violence to entrenched corruption, decades of poor accountability, and post-9/11 funding that allowed the agency to design its own oversight systems.
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