A top Customs and Border Protection official is pushing back against California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s allegations that federal agents staged an immigration raid to coincide with his rally in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
CBP El Centro Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino dismissed Newsom\u2019s comments as a political \u201ctantrum.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes the governor or Mayor Bass, when they have these meltdowns, these tantrums like that, do they want those individuals walking the streets,\u201d Bovino wondered Friday on \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere\u2019s the outrage [when] there are Tren de Aragua members walking with impunity on the streets of Los Angeles, or child rapists, or a whole litany of other bad people and bad things, bad criminals walking the streets of Los Angeles?\u201d<\/p>\n
Federal agents conducted immigration enforcement operations across the city Thursday while Newsom held a press conference outlining the state\u2019s plan to redraw congressional maps.<\/p>\n
During his remarks, the governor shifted to discussing the Trump administration\u2019s deportation agenda, and claimed dozens of agents were positioned just outside the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you think it\u2019s coincidental?\u201d Newsom asked the crowd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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