Head fake I hope. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is probably tired and worn out. Someone just as tough will replace him. Tom Homan is in Minneapolis to rally the troops.
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The White House border czar who President Donald Trump is dispatching to Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of two US citizens is a longtime law enforcement official who has pushed for some of the Trump administration’s controversial immigration-related policies.
Trump said Monday he was sending Tom Homan to Minnesota following Saturday’s fatal shooting of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents. The incident has inflamed tensions and drawn bipartisan criticism of the Trump administration’s portrayal — without evidence — of Pretti as someone who sought to commit an act of domestic terrorism and wanted to massacre law enforcement. Federal officials have so far declined to provide to the public critical details substantiating their claim an agent shot Pretti in self-defense.
The move to send Homan to Minnesota was met with some relief by Republican lawmakers and Homeland Security officials as the 64-year-old border czar has decades worth of law enforcement experience, beginning his career as a police officer in New York before becoming a Border Patrol agent in California in 1984. Homan also led Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deportation efforts during the Obama administration.
“The move to send Homan to Minnesota was met with some relief by Republican lawmakers...”
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When are Republican lawmakers NOT looking for relief? They are weak.
Until demonstrated otherwise I think this is Trump changing the “psychology of the table”. Bovino can now be moved on to another urban area with “illegal alien” problems say maybe NYC. I don’t see Homan being softer then Bovino. Tampon Tim can save a little face and claim a win. Tim has huge fraud legal problems in the very near future. He may be trying to cut a “deal”.
Before we claim we’re beaten and Trump caved this has to play out.