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\u200b\u200bBorder Patrol commander Gregory Bovino has reportedly been ordered to leave the city of Minneapolis, <\/strong>the Associated Press<\/a> and The Atlantic<\/em><\/a> reported Monday evening, citing a person close to the decision as well as Homeland Security Department officials, respectively.  <\/p>\n

Before federal immigration agents surged into Minneapolis beginning last month, the city had been calm, <\/em><\/strong>and its roughly 600 police officers had few problems as they performed their duties. Indeed, \u201cThe Minneapolis Police Department went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds and hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn\u2019t shoot anyone,\u201d Chief Brian O\u2019Hara told<\/a> CBS News on Sunday. <\/p>\n

But after Bovino and 2,000 immigration enforcers arrived three weeks ago, three Americans were shot by federal agents on the city\u2019s streets,<\/em><\/strong> and two have been killed, O\u2019Hara reminded viewers Sunday. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not sustainable,\u201d <\/em><\/strong>he said. \u201cThis is taking an enormous toll, trying to manage all of this chaos on top of having to be the police department for a major city. It\u2019s too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House\u2019s \u201cborder czar\u201d Tom Homan will now take over in Minneapolis,<\/em><\/strong> which is about 300 miles from the Canadian-U.S. border. And Homan\u2014who was reportedly accused<\/a> of taking a $50,000 bribe<\/a> in an FBI sting operation in 2024\u2014will begin by meeting with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, President Trump said<\/a> on social media.  <\/p>\n

Homan\u2019s visit comes three days after Bovino claimed the latest American shot dead by federal agents had planned to \u201cmassacre\u201d<\/em><\/strong> law enforcement officers, despite multiple videos from the confrontation that did not support Bovino\u2019s claim. The man who was killed Saturday was a 37-year-old ICU nurse from the Department of Veterans Affairs named Alex Pretti. His killing \u201cignited political backlash and raised fresh questions about how the operation was being run,\u201d AP reports. <\/p>\n

Bovino will now \u201creturn to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon,\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Nick Miroff of The Atlantic<\/em> reports<\/a>, and says Bovino\u2019s \u201csudden demotion is the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration is reconsidering its most aggressive tactics\u201d as it continues its effort to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history, as the president promised on the campaign trail. But that ambition has not been without its violent and often indiscriminate stumbles, as recent developments<\/a> in Minnesota have revealed. <\/p>\n

Also new: \u201cMinnesota’s top federal judge says ICE has been violating court orders repeatedly\u2014detaining noncitizens or rushing them to Texas<\/em><\/strong> despite judges’ commands,\u201d Politico<\/em>\u2019s Kyle Cheney reported<\/a> Monday evening. <\/p>\n

In response, the judge ordered ICE acting director Todd Lyons to appear in court Friday,<\/em><\/strong> declaring, \u201cThe court\u2019s patience is at an end.\u201d He also threatened Lyons with contempt for ICE\u2019s repeated violation of court orders.<\/p>\n

And on Capitol Hill, the chiefs of ICE, Customs and Border Protections, and Citizenship and Immigration Services have been called to testify<\/em><\/strong> on Feb. 12, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, announced<\/a> Monday on social media. Paul chairs the Senate\u2019s Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. <\/p>\n

Related: Two legal experts just shared a list of \u201c10 Questions the Trump Administration Needs to Answer About Minnesota\u201d<\/em><\/strong> published Tuesday at Just Security. Queries include: <\/p>\n