Overview
- Gregory Bovino, 55, confirmed to Reuters and the Associated Press that he plans to leave at the end of March after nearly three decades with the agency.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Bovino has not yet submitted formal retirement paperwork.
- Bovino was reassigned from Minneapolis in January after the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during federal enforcement operations, and White House border czar Tom Homan took over and later scaled back the surge.
- He rose to prominence leading aggressive interior-enforcement deployments in Los Angeles, Chicago and other cities, and a federal judge in Chicago found his account of a tear-gas incident was contradicted by video evidence.
- Oversight continues with a Hennepin County criminal review of multiple incidents, DHS inspector general probes, and an internal CBP inquiry into alleged disparaging remarks, as the administration replaces ousted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and nominates Sen. Markwayne Mullin.