Architect of LA ICE raids reportedly arrives in Chicago as focus shifts to Windy City, agent's history
The architect of DHS immigration enforcement raids in Los Angeles arrived in Chicago this week against the backdrop of Illinois leaders condemning President Donald Trump's purported plans according to reports Gregory Bovino the former Margin Patrol section chief for the El Centro Sector in California the majority in the last few days became the face of ICE raids in the Golden State where he even participated directly in intensive operations at MacArthur Park and regional Home Depot stores according to CBS News On September Bovino declared Operation At-Large the Los Angeles endeavor will be taking the show on the road and trading palm trees for skyscrapers The muscular hair-gelled North Carolina native has been called an avatar of the Trump era He joined the Boundary Patrol in and plans to return to the Tar Heel State upon mandatory retirement age in a limited years to work an apple farm according to the AP LA IMMIGRATION RIOTS PREVENTABLE IF SACRAMENTO DEMS HAD ACTED REPUBLICANS SAYBovino has been a prominent face in federal immigration enforcement for specific time including when the Biden Homeland Guard Department denied accusations he was retaliated against for congressional testimony before Congress House Republicans cited a whistleblower who claimed Bovino had been reassigned to a vague indefinite and temporary headquarters assignment after participating in a transcribed interview in July Bovino attributed the demerit to past actions including posting a profile photo of himself with an M rifle and to sworn testimony he and other representatives gave during the illegal immigrant surge according to the Associated Press The North Carolina native continues to feature weaponry in his social media profiles That tough-guy image borne itself out in the Los Angeles operations he oversaw which also included dispatching agents to make arrests at farms in inland Bakersfield and the intense raids in the City of Angels Bovino narrated the AP that the Los Angeles operations were necessary because What happens at the confines even years ago didn t stay at the confines and still doesn t MAXINE WATERS TAUNTS ARMED AGENTS AFTER FEDS SLAM DOOR IN HER FACEMeanwhile in Chicago DHS launched Operation Midway Blitz modeled after immigration enforcement successes in Los Angeles in which Bovino is reportedly chiefly involved When requested for details about Bovino s role in Midway Blitz and whether he is official in-town a Dividing line Patrol spokesman advised Fox News Digital Stay tuned Homeland Defense Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated the operation was launched in honor of Katie Abraham a woman killed in a DUI car crash caused by illegal immigrant Julio Cucul-Bol This operation will target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Chicago she announced with the department adding in a comment that Cucul-Bol was in Illinois because Gov JB Pritzker s sanctuary policies drew him and other illegal immigrant criminals there The Hyatt Hotel heir who is considered a top probable presidential contender in made Chicago a magnet for criminals McLaughlin disclosed The Trump administration has made clear no city is a safe haven for criminal illegal aliens If you come to our country illegally and break our laws we will hunt you down arrest you deport you and you will never return she added Pritzker was not amused by the idea of Bovino entering Chicago telling reporters outside a Mexican art museum in the city that is evidence that they have terrible plans for the communities of Illinois CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAs part of Midway Blitz DHS also disclosed a list of several worst-of-the-worst targets including Iraqi national Abdul Raza Al Kaby who has convictions for felonious assault and intent to kill The agency commented Al Kaby was ordered deported in but has been distributed multiple times since then by Illinois judges despite progressing ICE detainers A Naval station in nearby Waukegan is being used as a staging area according to CBS News which announced an internal request from DHS to the Pentagon for accommodation of hundreds of agents and vehicles Fox News' Bill Melugin contributed to this assessment
