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@wendyfry.bsky.social
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Federal judge: Continued Border Patrol sweeps in California violated court order In a tersely worded decision unsealed Thursday morning, the judge wrote that agents had “again detained people without reasonable suspicion,” W/
@wendyfry.bsky.social
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Federal judge: continued Border Patrol sweeps violated court order
A federal judge ruled that Border Patrol sweeps in California were conducted "without considering or complying with law Congress enacted."
https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/04/border-patrol-sweeps-violated-court-order/
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Ryan Haas
13 days ago
We live in a time when the federal government considers it taboo to name officers. I asked
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about his team's decision to identify five Border Patrol officers who spent last year traveling the country and violently arresting people -- and the inevitable criticism they'd face.
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Bellingcat
22 days ago
We observed over 25 agents who appeared in more than one city, either by recognising their faces or matching badge numbers visible on their vests or arm patches. Many were seen alongside former Border Patrol Commander at Large, Gregory Bovino, on at least one occasion.
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Bellingcat
22 days ago
Bellingcat and our partners at
@evidentmedia.org
and
@calmatters.org
have tracked US Border Patrol agents, analysing over 85 hours of footage taken across the country to try and unpack the circumstances around multiple use-of-force incidents.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Agents of Chaos: Unpacking the Actions of Border Patrol Agents Across US
Bellingcat and our partners analysed over 85 hours of footage, analysing the actions of Border Patrol agents across the United States.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/17/border-patrol-agents-of-chaos/?utm_source=Bluesky
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Eoghan
22 days ago
@evidentmedia.org
and
@sergioolmos.bsky.social
produced this excellent video report
www.youtube.com/watch?v=evAD...
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Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol's Year of Unchecked Force
YouTube video by Evident Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evADOoRYa90
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Eoghan
22 days ago
We worked with
@evidentmedia.org
and
@calmatters.org
to track and identify Border Patrol agents who have used force in multiple cities and on multiple occasions during immigration crackdowns over the past year 👇
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Jessica Lussenhop
23 days ago
Wow this investigation identifies 5 federal agents who "engaged in a pattern of force and questionable detention, aggressive tactics that courts have said likely violated the constitution, as they moved from Bakersfield to Los Angeles, and then Chicago and Minneapolis"
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Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol’s year of unchecked force
A visual investigation shows how five agents moved from city to city, with their tactics becoming more brazen at each stop.
https://calmatters.org/investigation/2026/03/agents-of-chaos-border-patrol/
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Michael Colborne
23 days ago
this quote from our
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latest, among all the others, is one that really stands out for me — violence and the threat of violence as a raw display of power, a spectacle meant to intimidate and present itself as unstoppable, irresistible and unaccountable (it’s not)
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Kolina Koltai
23 days ago
And here's is
@calmatters.org
@sergioolmos.bsky.social
article as well.
calmatters.org/investigatio...
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Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol’s year of unchecked force
A visual investigation shows how five agents moved from city to city, with their tactics becoming more brazen at each stop.
https://calmatters.org/investigation/2026/03/agents-of-chaos-border-patrol/
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Kolina Koltai
23 days ago
If you prefer video, take 11 minutes out of your day to watch. And while we only focused on 5 agents there were many more we saw move from city to city, and aggressive tactics were not limited to just these 5 guys.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=evAD...
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Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol's Year of Unchecked Force
YouTube video by Evident Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evADOoRYa90
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Kolina Koltai
23 days ago
New joint investigation between
@bellingcat.com
@calmatters.org
@evidentmedia.org
where we identified agents causing chaos and violence across the country. These guys were some of the worst repeat offenders we saw.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Agents of Chaos: Unpacking the Actions of Border Patrol Agents Across US
Bellingcat and our partners analysed over 85 hours of footage, analysing the actions of Border Patrol agents across the United States.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/17/border-patrol-agents-of-chaos/
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Border Patrol agents have been roving from city to city over the last 15 months, far from their home bases in California and elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border, engaged in an unprecedented mass deportation campaign. A collaboration w/
@calmatters.org
@evidentmedia.org
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Ryan Haas
23 days ago
Really great reporting from
@sergioolmos.bsky.social
and team documenting how the same federal agents have moved from city to city over the past year to inflict violence on the public.
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Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol’s year of unchecked force
A visual investigation shows how five agents moved from city to city, with their tactics becoming more brazen at each stop.
https://calmatters.org/investigation/2026/03/agents-of-chaos-border-patrol/
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Bellingcat
2 months ago
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired.
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In Willowbrook, CA in the aftermath of a shooting by immigration agents. DHS says the person they were attempting to arrest “was not hit and attempted to flee on foot.” DHS claims he “weaponized his vehicle and rammed law enforcement.”
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Nicole Foy
3 months ago
Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child. A 16-year-old citizen DHS calls this "utmost professionalism" w/
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens
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Ben Christopher
4 months ago
You know things are bad when both the DA and Sheriff are concerned that their side is winning in court TOO much. Another great one by the great Anat Rubin:
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Mike Baker
4 months ago
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
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Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/us/fire-department-software-private-equity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
7 months ago
Huntington Beach, CA - Members of Patriot Front, and several explicitly Neo-Nazi active clubs marching through Huntington Beach right now. Led by “Culture War Criminal” Ryan Sanchez, they are mostly being received warmly by a Charlie Mirk memorial demonstration at Huntington Beach Pier.
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Wendy Fry
7 months ago
ACLU argues Border Patrol broke court order with high-profile Sacramento raid w/
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calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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ACLU argues Border Patrol broke court order with high-profile Sacramento raid
Border Patrol agents were supposed to stop indiscriminate raids in LA and the Central Valley. Then they moved to Sacramento.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/09/aclu-border-patrol-sacramento-motion/
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Mikhail Zinshteyn
7 months ago
CA DoJ wrote in Newsom vs Trump briefs that federal troops' arrival brought out more protests. Also, the protests after Paramount were limited to like a 5 or 6 block area in downtown LA, maybe .2 sq miles in a city that's 500 sq miles. The protesters were largely focused on federal troops and ICE.
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The Trump Administration just asked the Supreme Court to let federal agents in LA target people based on race or ethnicity. Here’s exactly what that means W/
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Los Angeles City Council member Ysabel Jurado on the Border Patrol raid outside the Japanese National Museum where Gov. Newsom held a press conference calling for a special November election
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Mikhail Zinshteyn
8 months ago
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta say yes. Trump’s DOJ says no. The three-day trial to answer this question is scheduled to commence today at 10 a.m. with implications for the country as Trump continues to signal a desire to deploy troops to patrol domestic city streets.
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5 things to know as Newsom and Trump go back to court over the National Guard in LA
Gov. Gavin Newsom alleges the Trump administration broke a 19th Century law when it sent troops to L.A. with military security perimeters and alleged apprehensions of civilian protestors.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/08/newsom-vs-trump-national-guard/
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“The federal government has now gone running to the Supreme Court asking it to undo a narrow court order—applicable in only one judicial district—that merely compels them to follow the Constitution.” Said the ACLU W/
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift temporary ban on roving immigration stops in L.A.
The federal government has filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to lift a ban on roving immigration sweeps.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/08/trump-appeals-ban-on-la-immigration-raids/
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Josh Gerstein
8 months ago
BREAKING: Trump administration asks
#SCOTUS
to lift federal judge's order barring "roving" immigration raids in Los Angeles area. Filing says 1 in 10 residents of the district are undocumented immigrants. Doc:
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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26044229-25a169/
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Evident Media
8 months ago
"What you're basically doing is deconstructing ICE and DHS and their strategies and letting viewers, readers, listeners see for themselves." Thank you to Latino USA for hosting
@sergioolmos.bsky.social
and featuring our latest reporting in collaboration with
@calmatters.org
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@bellingcat.com
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Joshua J. Friedman
9 months ago
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“A Times investigation: As west Altadena burned, L.A. County fire trucks stayed elsewhere. …only one L.A. County fire truck was west of Lake Avenue, where nearly all of the deaths took place.” Via
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www.latimes.com/california/s...
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A Times investigation: As west Altadena burned, L.A. County fire trucks stayed elsewhere
Vehicle locator data obtained by The Times show that most L.A. County fire trucks didn’t shift into west Altadena until long after fire ravaged the area. How much of the town could have been saved, re...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-23/as-west-altadena-burned-county-fire-trucks-stayed-elsewhere
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Melissa Gomez
9 months ago
"In west Altadena — where thousands of structures would burn and all but one of the 19 deaths from the Eaton fire would occur — there was just 1 county fire truck as the flames spread at 3:08 a.m., according to automatic vehicle locator data obtained by The Times."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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A Times investigation: As west Altadena burned, L.A. County fire trucks stayed elsewhere
Vehicle locator data obtained by The Times show that most L.A. County fire trucks didn’t shift into west Altadena until long after fire ravaged the area. How much of the town could have been saved, re...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-23/as-west-altadena-burned-county-fire-trucks-stayed-elsewhere
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Wendy Fry
9 months ago
Very nice shoutout for @calmatters today for our FOIA work from
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
in his excellent profile on Bovino in
@theatlantic.com
. W/
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Nick Miroff
9 months ago
Bonus: this 2018 email to Bovino from his friend, the Border Patrol official he hired to be his #2 in New Orleans, from the court files of a discrimination lawsuit DHS lost
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.laed.241768/gov.uscourts.laed.241768.114.16_6
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Nick Miroff
9 months ago
H/t to
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and
@calmatters.org
for their stellar coverage of Bovino's rise
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Border Patrol said it targeted known criminals in Kern County. But it had no record on 77 of 78 arrestees
Border Patrol said it had a list of targets for its high-profile January raid, but it had a record for just one of the 78 people it arrested.
https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/04/border-patrol-records-kern-county/
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Nick Miroff
9 months ago
NEW: our profile of Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol official running the immigration raids on the streets of Los Angeles, and what his role portends for next phase of Trump's propaganda-driven deportation campaign
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Hype Man of Trump’s Mass Deportations
Gregory Bovino has taken his aggressive tactics and propaganda videos from the southern border to the streets of California.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/trump-border-patrol-gregory-bovino/683617/?gift=Tsjgy5hc-Y7tsZCY3EHYrSsZGbwdAX5Q78vZPInrVPY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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“Gregory Bovino has taken his aggressive tactics and propaganda videos from the southern border to the streets of California.” Via
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Hype Man of Trump’s Mass Deportations
Gregory Bovino has taken his aggressive tactics and propaganda videos from the southern border to the streets of California.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/trump-border-patrol-gregory-bovino/683617/?gift=nnK-wF8-hbukwO3E-ygSHmO_F1FS0s7bTEzv-Z4PyJ8
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Border Patrol agents moved their operations northward to Ca’s capital, targeting a Home Depot in Sacramento, more than 500 miles away from the border. W/
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@addonohue.bsky.social
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‘There is no sanctuary anywhere:’ Border Patrol raids come to California’s capital
The Border Patrol began conducting operations in Sacramento on Thursday, less than a week after a judge halted its wide-ranging LA raids.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/07/sacramento-border-patrol-raids/
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DHS secretary Noem on federal court ruling blocking roving immigration patrols in Los Angeles: “He’s an idiot” referring to federal judge(who’s a woman) “Our operations will continue, we will be in compliance with all federal judges orders.”
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Andy Donohue
9 months ago
A federal judge says the LA immigration sweeps must stop. Because agents can’t just approach Latinos without a warrant or reasonable suspicion. And they can’t deny detainees access to a lawyer.
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Judge says immigration agents must stop ‘roving patrols’ that have upended Southern California
A court ruling Friday orders a halt to a chaotic and relentless 36-day immigration crackdown that’s upended life across Southern California.
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/07/la-immigration-restraining-order/
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Alex Zielinski
9 months ago
Portland got a shout-out in in the DHS blog today. Come for the drama, stay for the feds' translation of "Chinga la Migra."
www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07...
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Anarchists and Rioters in Portland Illegally Dox ICE Officers and Federal Law Enforcement | Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem today released the following statement addressing criminals and Antifa-affiliated groups continued efforts to dox the personal information of Immi...
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/11/anarchists-and-rioters-portland-illegally-dox-ice-officers-and-federal-law
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
9 months ago
Just came through my desk: Per Los Angeles District Attorney, an armed off-duty U.S. Border Patrol Officer was charged with assaulting a Long Beach police officer and resisting arrest in the Shoreline Village parking lot in the city of Long Beach on July 7.
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
9 months ago
Bass’ new executive order also will direct the office to file a FOIA request to ICE to “obtain records regarding the dates and locations of all enforcement activities in Los Angeles,” dates and reason for arrests and detainments and “policies governing officers’ use of badges.”
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel
9 months ago
Greetings! I’m at Pico House - El Pueblo in downtown Los Angeles, where Mayor Karen Bass has a press conference regarding a new Executive Directive she’s signing. The direction will instruct “city departments to bolster their protocols and training to prepare for federal immigration activity…”
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Nick Miroff
9 months ago
NEW: I spoke to a dozen current and formers about low morale at ICE amid the Trump admin's relentless push for more and more arrests. Officers and agents aren't complaining or looking for sympathy but they're facing public anger & political pressure from above
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Trump loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable.
A “mission impossible” deportation campaign has left many employees burned out and morally conflicted.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/trump-ice-morale-immigration/683477/?gift=Tsjgy5hc-Y7tsZCY3EHYrY1aankObcxeI-UV5KUpMug&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Bellingcat
9 months ago
You can find Evident’s short documentary also covering the investigation here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bux...
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Masked, Armed, Forceful: Finding Patterns in California Immigration Raids
YouTube video by Evident Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BuxaVdv7po
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Bellingcat
9 months ago
Discover the common themes we identified across all of the arrests by reading the full investigation here:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07...
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Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat
Bellingcat collected videos and images from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, analysing trends and apparent tactics used by law enforcement.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07/08/masked-armed-and-forceful-finding-patterns-in-los-angeles-immigration-raids/?utm_source=bluesky
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Bellingcat
9 months ago
Gregory Bovino, head of the El Centro unit in the Bakersfield Raids, is now in-charge of the operations across LA. Agents from his El Centro Border Patrol unit have featured in footage of the LA raids.
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He misled the public about his last big immigration sweep. Now he’s leading the Border Patrol in LA
The immigration raids across Los Angeles have all the hallmarks of Gregory Bovino's Kern County sweep, which a federal judge says likely violated the Constitution.
https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/06/los-angeles-border-patrol-chief/
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Bellingcat
9 months ago
The raids bear similarities to incidents previously investigated by Bellingcat,
@calmatters.org
and
@evidentmedia.org
in California.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04...
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US Border Patrol Called Raid 300 Miles From Border 'Targeted'. Open Source Evidence Suggests Otherwise - bellingcat
US Border Patrol travelled 300 Miles for a 'targeted' operation. Rights groups say it was anything but targeted.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04/08/us-border-patrol-called-raid-300-miles-from-border-targeted-open-source-evidence-suggests-otherwise/
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Bellingcat
9 months ago
In some footage collected from the LA raids in June, officers can be seen using significant force to detain people.
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