close Video Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino says cooperation with local law enforcement makes justice easier to achieve Chief Border Patrol Agent Greg Bovino addresses the status of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and of operations in New Orleans on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A senior Border Patrol commander who became the face of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown returned to Chicago on Tuesday, prompting protests as agents fired pepper balls and detained several people. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino's appearance in Chicago marks the most visible escalation in Operation Midway Blitz since early fall, drawing backlash from immigrant advocates and state leaders who said the Trump administration failed to warn them that the commander or additional agents were being redeployed to the area. Border agents were captured on video Tuesday in the predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood of Little Village deploying pepper balls and detaining a man, according to the Associated Press.
