DEVELOPING: Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino to Leave Minnesota

by Cristina Laila Jan. 26, 2026 6:00 pm



Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and some federal immigration agents will leave Minnesota soon.

Fox News, CNN, AP and CBS reported that Bovino will leave the Minneapolis area by Tuesday.

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BREAKING: Multiple federal sources confirm to @FoxNews that Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino & some, not all Border Patrol agents, will be leaving the state of Minnesota imminently.

4:08 PM · Jan 26, 2026

CBS News reported that Bovino will head back to his post in California’s El Centro sector.

“Outspoken Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his green-uniformed agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, three sources familiar with the move tell CBS News,” the outlet reported.

“One of the sources said Bovino was relieved of his command in Minneapolis and is expected to return to California’s El Centro sector, where he served as the chief agent before the Trump administration deployed him to major American cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago,” CBS reported.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Bovino will be leaving Minnesota.

“Mr. Bovino is a wonderful man, and he’s a great professional. He is going to very much continue to lead Customs and Border Patrol throughout and across the country. Mr. Homan will be the main point of contact on the ground in Minneapolis,” Leavitt told reporters on Monday.

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CNN Reporter: “With Homan now going to Minnesota, is Gregory Bovino also going to remain in Minnesota overseeing these ICE operations?”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “Mr. Bovino is a wonderful man, and he's a great professional. He is going to very much continue

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2:20 PM · Jan 26, 2026

Earlier Monday President Trump announced that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called him and agreed to work with federal law enforcement.

Trump said he would be sending Border Czar Tom Homan to Minnesota.

“Governor Tim Walz called me with the request to work together with respect to Minnesota. It was a very good call, and we, actually, seemed to be on a similar wavelength,” Trump said.

“I told Governor Walz that I would have Tom Homan call him, and that what we are looking for are any and all Criminals that they have in their possession. The Governor, very respectfully, understood that, and I will be speaking to him in the near future,” Trump said.

“He was happy that Tom Homan was going to Minnesota, and so am I! We have had such tremendous SUCCESS in Washington, D.C., Memphis, Tennessee, and New Orleans, Louisiana, and virtually every other place that we have “touched” and, even in Minnesota, Crime is way down, but both Governor Walz and I want to make it better! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP” Trump said.

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