Gregory Bovino “declined” the administration’s guidance for “targeted” immigration enforcement operations before commanding a surge of officers in Chicago, where officials and protesters accused him of leading a violent assault against immigrants and citizens alike.
Bovino, the now-former “commander-at-large” for Donald Trump’s boots-on-the-ground operations in Democratic-led cities, pushed back against internal efforts to focus Customs and Border Protection operations on “targeted” arrests rather than large-scale sweeps, according to emails obtained by NBC News.
