Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday (27) and return to their respective sectors, sources told CNN.
An employee said that the departure of Bovine it was a “mutual decision”.
The measure removes a key actor in the repression of immigration promoted by and comes after the president announces the dispatch of White House border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis in the wake of Saturday’s fatal shooting.
The White House said Homan should manage the .
Sources said administration officials were deeply frustrated this weekend with the way Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem handled the fallout from the killing of nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
According to one official, Trump spent hours on Sunday and Monday following news coverage and was personally dissatisfied with the image his administration was projecting.
Bovino gave an interview to CNN and held a news conference with reporters on Sunday, but neither appearance diminished criticism of the government’s response and contradictions, officials said.
According to an official source, discussions about Bovino’s transfer began on Sunday afternoon (25).
Aides were also angered after Noem labeled Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and accused him of handling her firearm, an allegation that was not substantiated by video evidence.
However, during a press conference this Monday (26), press secretary Karoline Leavitt distanced the White House from the domestic terrorist classification, arguing that this was not a position adopted personally by Trump.
She did not directly state that Bovino was leaving Minnesota. But he said Homan would be the “main point of contact in Minneapolis” and that Bovino would “continue to lead” the Border Patrol agency nationwide.
conciliatory tone
On Monday morning (26), US President Donald Trump and Trump struck a conciliatory tone after a private telephone conversation about the enforcement of immigration laws.
The contact could be seen as a sign that both sides were looking for a way to end the impasse over the deportation campaign that has already caused the deaths of two American citizens in Minneapolis.
