Border patrol chief to leave Minneapolis after shooting of Alex Pretti

Gregory Bovino said to have been stripped of ‘commander at large’ title and sent back to post at US-Mexico borderAnalysis: The rise and fall of Gregory Bovino, US border patrol’s menacing provoker-in-chiefGregory Bovino, the border patrol commander who has become the public face of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, is being swapped out for the border czar, Tom Homan, as the Trump administration reshuffles the leadership of its immigration enforcement operation in the city and scales back its federal presence there after a second fatal shooting by officers.The move comes nearly immediately after Bovino went on a Sunday cable news show and said that border patrol officials were the real victims following the shooting death of nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents. Continue reading...