Border patrol commander to leave Minneapolis after shooting of Alex Pretti

Gregory Bovino said to have been stripped of ‘commander at large’ title and sent back to post at US-Mexico border

• Analysis: The rise and fall of Gregory Bovino, US border patrol’s menacing provoker-in-chief

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

Trump’s decision to replace Bovino comes as the president himself walked back inflammatory claims made by his deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who had characterized nurse Alex Pretti as “an assassin” in the immediate aftermath of his killing by federal agents – a narrative the administration is now attempting to unwind as scrutiny of the killing ramps up.