Immigration Enforcement and DHS Oversight

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened an internal professional‑responsibility inquiry into whether senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino made disparaging comments about Judaism while criticizing Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen during a Jan. 12 coordination call about a Minneapolis immigration operation. According to earlier New York Times and CBS reporting cited in the piece, Bovino allegedly mocked Rosen’s Sabbath observance, used the term "chosen people" in a derogatory way, and asked, "Do Orthodox criminals also take off on Saturday?"; Rosen was not on the call and had delegated it to a deputy. A DHS spokesperson confirmed the inquiry in an emailed statement but stressed that launching it is "standard procedure" and "does NOT indicate any confirmation of wrongdoing." Bovino, who had been the public face of President Trump’s city‑by‑city immigration sweeps and led what DHS called its largest‑ever enforcement operation in Minnesota, was removed from his leading role after federal officers fatally shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti in separate incidents that sparked nationwide protests over use of force. Separately, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says she will investigate Bovino and other federal officers for possible misconduct over an alleged Jan. 21 incident in which Bovino threw a smoke canister at protesters, though DHS insists states cannot criminally prosecute federal officers, setting up a likely jurisdictional clash.