CBP commander Greg Bovino to retire weeks after Minnesota enforcement backlash
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Greg Bovino, the controversial Customs and Border Protection commander, is set to retire. Here's what to know.
Greg Bovino, the controversial Customs and Border Protection commander, is set to retire.
The New York Times reported that Bovino plans to leave his post in the coming weeks. According to NBC News, Bovino will retire by the end of the month.
Bovino became the face of the Trump administration's aggressive immigration crackdown in places like California, Illinois and Minnesota.
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He was removed from Minnesota following the deaths of two Americans at the hands of immigration officers. On Jan. 24, Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot and killed during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Weeks earlier, Renee Good was fatally shot during a separate encounter with immigration officers.
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