Overview
- An agent from Homeland Security Investigations told local prosecutors that sending Border Patrol into city raids risked lethal outcomes and warned, “Someone’s going to get killed,” according to reporting.
- Prosecutors said they were alarmed after a call with then-Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino, who threatened to “lock this city down” and made derogatory remarks about the U.S. attorney.
- Investigators reviewing the crackdown found that many Border Patrol complaints that protesters had assaulted agents were false once evidence was examined.
- Two civilians—Renee Good and Alex Pretti—were killed in separate encounters with federal immigration agents during the Minneapolis operation, events cited by the reporting as linked to the surge.
- The episode highlights a shift using a southern-border focused agency for interior urban enforcement and has intensified scrutiny over DHS deployment decisions, interagency coordination, and oversight of federal use of force.