Once Compared to a Confederate General, Greg Bovino Faced Discrimination Lawsuit in New Orleans

Once compared to a Confederate general, Greg Bovino faced discrimination lawsuit in New Orleans

Gregory Bovino, a senior U.S. Border Patrol official who emerged as a face of the federal government's immigration dragnet and led the agency's month-long sweep through south Louisiana, faced questions in a 2019 discrimination lawsuit filed in New Orleans about an email in which a subordinate compared him to a Confederate Army general..

After Bovino Leaves, Minnesotans Search for Signs of Change in Crackdown

Organizers of community groups tracking federal agents in the Twin Cities said on Friday that they were continuing to see arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis and its suburbs nearly a week after agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse. But in the last few days, city officials and several volunteers from the tracking groups said that arrests appear to be taking place less visibly, with fewer clashes …

Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino said he saw nothing racist in photo depicting him as a Confederate general

Gregory Bovino — until recently the face of the Trump administration’s violent deportation campaign in Chicago and other cities — was portrayed as a slave-owning Confederate general in a photo emailed to him by an agent he later installed in a high-level U.S. Border Patrol job in New Orleans in 2018, court records show.Bovino told the agent to delete the email immediately. Still, in a deposition in a related job discrimination lawsuit, the North…

Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino heads west from Minnesota after reassignment

The controversial Border Patrol commander was spotted in South Dakota and Wyoming this week after the White House shuffled responsibilities for its Minnesota ICE surge.