"Along the way, they've collected civil-rights suits and irate federal judges, and the list of people they've arrested has been light on hardened criminals. They've also produced plenty of video footage. "Nobody tells us where to go, when to go, how to go in our fucking country," Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino said in one of his many John Wick -style promotional videos, this one showing him giving a pep talk to agents in Chicago."
"The latest city official to contend with Border Patrol agents is Janet Cowell, mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina. When they landed in Raleigh this week, she didn't know much about their plans; the best guidance she could offer residents was that if they felt unsafe, they should " call the police." Since arriving in Los Angeles this June, agents from Customs and Border Protection have been making their way to other locations, first to Chicago, then New Orleans, and now North Carolina."
Customs and Border Protection agents have been dispatched from Los Angeles this June to cities including Chicago, New Orleans, and Raleigh, with possible deployment to New York City. The deployments have generated civil-rights lawsuits, criticism from federal judges, and arrest records that largely exclude hardened criminals. The agents have produced prominent video content, including commanders delivering combative, promotional remarks. The Trump administration shifted enforcement emphasis from ICE to Border Patrol because ICE was viewed as too slow and bureaucratic. Border Patrol’s defensive training and leaders like Gregory Bovino have exported border enforcement culture into crowded inland communities, raising public-safety and legal concerns.
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