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Border Patrol agent Gregory Bovino, now in Chicago, said the agency will ‘continue the mission we started in Los Angeles.’

Bovino’s operations in L.A. involved thousands of arrests using controversial tactics such as smashing car windows and house raids, sparking community fears.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker criticized the enforcement as violent and discriminatory.

CHICAGO — The Border Patrol agent who broke norms leading an immigration crackdown in Los Angeles said Tuesday that he had reached Chicago, potentially signaling a new, more aggressive phase to an enforcement surge announced last week in the nation’s third-largest city.

“Well, Chicago, we’ve arrived!” Gregory Bovino sai

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