Border patrol commander to leave Minneapolis after shooting of Alex Pretti

Gregory Bovino, an aggressive promoter of Trump’s deportation agenda, is said to have been stripped of ‘commander at large’ title

US Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks through a Target store Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Gregory Bovino, the border patrol commander who has become the public face of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, is being swapped in the city with the border czar, Tom Homan, as the Trump administration reshuffles the leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting by officers.

The carting off of Bovino comes nearly immediately after he went on the Sunday cable news shows and said that border patrol officials were the real victims following the shooting death of nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents.