Bovino to leave Minneapolis
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CBP, Alex Pretti and Stephen Miller
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Bovino has reportedly been removed from his position as commander-at-large. He will depart Minnesota for his previous post as a border official in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire shortly afterward, The Atlantic reported Monday night.
Report to Congress: Two CBP Agents Fired in Pretti Shooting
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) slammed the Trump administration’s surge of federal immigration enforcement after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Sherrill told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the shooting of Pretti,
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a group of colleagues in releasing the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) newly-completed report on systemic failures at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that resulted in years of deficient medical care.
The DHS component fell behind on deployment of non-intrusive inspection technology at ports of entry but is making progress, per a CBP official, who acknowledged personnel reassignments to ICE.
US Customs and Border Protection is paying General Dynamics to create prototype “quantum sensors,” to be used with an AI database to detect fentanyl and other narcotics.
CBP seized over $1.2 million in drugs in two incidents at Anzalduas Bridge, including cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin; vehicles were inspected and drivers arrested.
Jose Martinez, an Arizona resident and U.S. Coast Guard veteran, was detained before sunrise by Customs and Border Protection in Miami on Jan. 5.
Three people were detained by police during an Ohio State campus demonstration protesting U.S. Customs and Border Protection recruiters tabling at a career fair.