Customs and Border Protection commander-at-large Greg Bovino is returning to El Centro, California, to resume his duties as chief of that sector, multiple sources told ABC News.
The position of commander-at-large was a temporary position.
Dept. of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on Monday that Bovino “has NOT been relieved of his duties,” referring to him as a “key part of the President’s team and a great American.”
Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino looks on at a gas station, after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on January 7 during an immigration raid, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 21, 2026.
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It comes as Bovino and some Border Patrol agents are leaving Minneapolis, just as Border Czar Tom Homan arrives in the city.
Tensions over the administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement escalated over the weekend after the federal agent-involved deadly shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Multiple videos of the confrontation Saturday showed federal agents spraying Pretti with pepper spray and pinning him to the ground before the shooting.
The Department of Homeland Security alleged that Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, and “violently resisted” when agents tried to disarm him. Local officials have disputed that characterization.
It marked the second fatal, federal agent-involved shooting in Minneapolis this month.
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