Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino is reportedly preparing to leave Minnesota as the Trump admin moves to contain the chaos following a deadly agent-involved shooting that has rocked Minneapolis and ignited a national firestorm over immigration enforcement.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Bovino will depart the state along with a contingent of Border Patrol troops. The move comes as President Donald Trump weighs a full pullout of Border Patrol from Minnesota, contingent on whether state leaders finally agree to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement instead of obstructing it.
Trump has made his position clear: if Minnesota cooperates with ICE, Border Patrol won’t be needed. If it doesn’t, the federal government will not continue propping up local leaders who refuse to enforce the law while their cities spiral.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt laid out the administration’s position on Monday, emphasizing that Minnesota’s leadership is the problem—not federal enforcement.
“If Governor [Tim Walz] and Mayor [Jacob Frey] implement these common sense cooperative measures that, I will add, have already been implemented in nearly every single other state across the country, Customs and Border Patrol will not be needed to support ICE on the ground in Minnesota,” Leavitt stated.
“ICE and local law enforcement can peacefully work together as they are effectively doing in so many other states and jurisdictions.”
The backdrop to this standoff is a pair of deadly encounters tied to immigration enforcement that have sent tensions in Minneapolis through the roof.
As Bovino exits Minnesota, the White House is sending in a heavy hitter. Border czar Tom Homan is traveling to the state to take charge of talks between federal authorities and state and local leaders who have so far resisted cooperation.
Leavitt confirmed Homan’s role, making clear that restoring order is the priority.
“Mr. Homan is the point-person in cooperating with state and local authorities and corresponding with them, again, to achieve this level of cooperation to subdue the chaos on the streets of Minneapolis,” she stated.
President Trump has personally stepped in, holding phone calls Monday with both Governor Walz and Mayor Frey.
According to Trump, the conversations were productive, a notable shift after weeks of public sparring and finger-pointing.
At its core, the situation in Minnesota exposes the consequences of years of sanctuary-style policies that elevate political posturing over public safety.
When state and city leaders treat federal law enforcement as the enemy, the result is confusion on the ground and danger for everyone involved.
The Trump administration is drawing a clear line: cooperation brings stability, while obstruction brings consequences.
With Border Patrol already packing up and Tom Homan stepping in, Minnesota’s leaders now face a choice they’ve long avoided—work with federal authorities or own the disorder that follows.
What can be UNFAIR about exporting illegals? I don’t think we have been exporting legal residents in Minnesota.
There are money source for the Democrats and the Democrats hate to lose their money source because they can only operate by theft and making the wrong people the priorities to put money in their pocket, so that’s why they need the illegal for every dollar they export out of the country Percentage of that goes into the Democrats pocket
Did Minneapolis, Minnesota make their State a Sanctuary State? If so, the Officials invited trouble because no Illegal Immigrant has the right to Sanctuary no matter what the State may feel they can do. Illegal Immigrants have NO RIGHTS as they have entered into our Nation without authorization by the IMMIGRATON Dept-that is the LAW of the Land, period. Having said, it is unfortunate 2 citizens of this Nation were killed by threatening ICE in both instances, but ICE did not do so without regret but were forced by the actions of both persons killed. If you have not realized by now, I Stand with ICE in both situations-both people killed brought it on themselves-the woman used her car to hurt an ICE officer. The woman had a family, been a good citizen, had responsibilities and was loved, but she truly brought her death on herself by endangering the ICE officer life. As for Alex Pretti, a man who apparently had broken a signal light on an Ice Vehicle had this encounter a week or so before this time in attendance, he foolishly brought a gun to the Protest, entangled himself with Ice officers and was shot/killed. What had he planned with the gun? It was not an innocent thought. I apologize for not remembering the woman’s name-she deserves to have a name, even though she was in the wrong. ICE officers did not ask to be attacked; they were doing their jobs. In mobs (that is what Demonstrators are-whether friendly or not) some people take their demonstrations to extremes (LA, Calif. anti-Ice a good example). One may not like our Immigration Laws, but they are there for a reason. How many U.S. citizens have been murdered, raped, had their businesses and homes invaded by Illegals? How about Human traffic? of children, teens, adults? We have Immigration Laws for a reason. And how many Illegals, once here try to obtain Legal Citizenship? Few do. The main purpose is to keep America-the U.S. of A. SAFE. If one is here illegally your Sanctuary City/State is asking for trouble and you really do not love the U.S.A. if you are not willing to obey our Nations’ LAWS. I am sure many disagree with me, but this how I saw what was taking place in our Nation-a very sad event that it seems so out of place in this great Nation of ours.
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