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Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino led the Trump administration’s militarized immigration crackdowns in Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Bovino was eventually removed from his position in January after immigration agents under his command killed 37-year-old VA nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

We speak with Amanda Moore, a reporter who focuses on far-right extremism and state violence. She spent months following Bovino and the immigration crackdown in the United States for Mother Jones and other outlets. “[Border Patrol] would snipe us with rubber bullets from rooftops by the detention centers,” says Moore.

We also get a comment from reporter Charles R. Davis about other right-wing figures in the Trump administration.


This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Citations

[1] “Notes from an ICE Chaser”: Tracking Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign on the Ground | Democracy Now! ➤ http://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/4/ice_chasers