Bovino, a nearly 30-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, has emerged as a central figure in Trump's aggressive immigration strategy.

Bovino has become the public face of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as “Operation Midway Blitz.” The judge called him into court one day after attorneys accused him of tossing tear gas into a crowd in the Little Village neighborhood

The agents were joined by Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino, just days after a federal judge ordered him to sit for a deposition regarding the government’s handling of protesters during “Operation Midway Blitz,” President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign in the Chicago area.