Border Patrol Commander Bovino defends immigration agents; criticizes Walz, Frey

U.S. Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino criticized Minnesota elected officials and community members Tuesday, saying they’re making it “difficult” for federal immigration agents to do their work.

Bovino and Marcos Charles, executive associate director of enforcement removal operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), accused Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey of using rhetoric that intensifies what they described as “violence” against immigration officers.

“It’s that collusion and corruption between …