The news of Mr. Bovino’s impending departure came hours after President Trump sent his border czar, Tom Homan, to take control of ICE operations in the state.

Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol commander-at-large who has led federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, pushed back against critics who compared ICE agents to the Gestapo in Nazi Germany.

More than a dozen protesters were arrested during a disturbance outside a Maple Grove hotel, where they believed Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino was staying. The arrests came after Maple Grove police and state troopers declared an unlawful assembly on Jan.

A Chicago carpenter cleared of accusations that he put a $10,000 bounty on the life of a Border Patrol commander’s life has been taken into immigration custody.

The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.

A U.S. ‌Border ​Patrol agent was involved in a shooting ‌in Arizona, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in a statement on Tuesday, adding ​that his office was working with the FBI and Customs and Border Protection to look into the incident.

A suspect sought in connection with an alleged human trafficking incident was shot during an exchange of gunfire with U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona on Tuesday, authorities said. The shooting occurred early Tuesday morning in Arivaca,