Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino defended the actions and training of federal agents as immigration raids intensified in Minnesota on Sunday, days after the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in the state’s capital.
At one ICE raid at a gas station in St. Paul on Sunday, federal agents dragged a man from his car then tackled a bystander who was filming.
Protests have taken place amid the raids, including one on Sunday outside an ICE facility in St. Paul, Minnesota, where CBS News saw federal agents deploy pepper balls and tear gas against protesters – led by Bovino.
Bovino claimed in an interview with CBS News that agencies within the Department of Homeland Security are working to de-escalate situations, saying, “every day we de-escalate.”
CBS News witnessed agents confronting the protesters outside of the facility, telling demonstrators to move back and antagonizing them. CBS News pointed out to Bovino that it didn’t look like de-escalation.
“The agitators and the rioters here in Minneapolis need to understand that our operations will continue unabated despite the violence they perpetrate against law enforcement,” he responded.
Bovino blamed local officials for escalating tensions between protesters and law enforcement.
“Some of those police chiefs, and especially some of those elected representatives, let’s talk about Mayor Frey or Gov. Walz, they follow in the footsteps of the Gov. Pritzkers and the Gavin Newsoms. That is not de-escalation,” Bovino said. “That is escalation, and if they don’t quit, they will have … they will have more blood on their hands.”
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Hundreds more federal agents are now being sent to Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Sunday, as the department carries out what officials are calling the “largest immigration operation ever.”
The Minneapolis area has one of the largest concentrations of DHS agents in any U.S. city, with over 2,400 federal agents – more than double the number of local police officers.
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