Border Patrol Boss Greg Bovino Back In Chicago As Agents Target Southwest Side

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CHICAGO — Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino was seen participating in immigration enforcement in suburban Cicero Tuesday morning, nearly a month after he and other federal agents left Chicago.

Bovino’s presence also coincided with a flurry of immigration enforcement in Little Village and elsewhere on the Southwest Side Tuesday following a lull in such activity during the Border Patrol chief’s absence.

Bovino has been the controversial face of operations Midway Blitz and At Large, which the Trump administration launched in September. The Department of Homeland Security said the immigration enforcement operations would target the “worst of the worst” undocumented immigrants in Illinois. But federal agents have repeatedly arrested people with no criminal history and longterm ties to the United States while violently subduing Chicagoans who peacefully resist, using tear gas on residential streets and arresting citizens.

In November, Bovino left Chicago, and he’s led immigration operations in other places, including North Carolina and New Orleans. While immigration enforcement continued in Chicago, it was notably subdued and there were fewer confrontations with less violence.

But law enforcement agencies in the area have been alerted that Bovino and about 200 Border Patrol agents have arrived in Chicago for more enforcement action, sources said Tuesday.

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