STORY: Protesters created a loud commotion outside a Minnesota hotel where Gregory Bovino was reportedly staying on Monday (January 26), after the official was removed from his role as the "commander at large" for the U.S. Border Patrol.

“This makes me feel more at ease,” said 25-year-old protester Leslie Garcia, who said local residents had been unsettled by reports that Bovino was staying at the hotel.

Bovino will leave Minnesota along with some of the agents deployed with him and return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire soon, the Atlantic reported on Monday, citing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official and two people with knowledge of the change.

The DHS, Customs and Border Protection and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Bovino has become a leading public face and outspoken advocate for Trump's deportation crackdowns, often seen leading groups of heavily armed federal agents roving city streets.

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VIDEO SHOWS: PROTESTERS OUTSIDE HOTEL WHERE U.S. BORDER PATROL OFFICIAL, GREGORY BOVINO, IS REPORTEDLY STAYING / POLICE OFFICERS ON DUTY / SOUNDBITES FROM PROTESTERS

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SHOWS: MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 26, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. PROTESTER FLASHING TORCHLIGHT OUTSIDE HOTEL

2. TORCHLIGHT BEING FLASHED AT HOTEL ROOM

3. PROTESTER BLOWING WHISTLE, CLAPPING PLANKS OF WOOD TOGETHER

4. PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN, READING (English): “INCOMPETENT, RASCIST (RACIST), MAN BABY = BOVINO”

5. PROTESTER HOLDING UP MIDDLE FINGER AT HOTEL

6. POLICE OFFICERS STANDING OUTSIDE HOTEL

7. PROTESTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS OUTSIDE HOTEL / POLICE OFFICERS STANDING IN LINE

8. PROTESTER BANGING DRUMS

9. PROTESTER BANGING POT AGAINST LAMPPOST

10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) 65-YEAR-OLD MINNESOTA RESIDENT, TOM (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING:

"Getting fired is not justice. It's not enough. Their man needs to be brought to trial for what he's (brought) on Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota."

11. PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN, READING (English): “BYE, BITCH!”

12. PROTESTER PLAYING TROMBONE

13. PROTESTERS OUTSIDE HOTEL

14. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS BANGING ON OBJECTS

15. PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN, READING (English): “BOVINO’S HEART IS AS COLD AS ICE”

16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MINNESOTA RESIDENT, AMY (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING:

"I think we're putting pressure on them, and that's exactly what we need to do. So I think it's a good thing, but of course there's worry there too. I don't feel like anyone in that administration is putting people first, they're putting themselves first. They're not for the people, they're saying the people are for them. So they all have to go."

17. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MAKING NOISE USING OBJECTS

18. PROTESTERS BLOWING ON WHISTLES

19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) 25-YEAR-OLD MINNESOTA RESIDENT, LESLIE GARCIA, SAYING:

"This gives a lot of families comfort in knowing that he (Gregory Bovino) won't be here to terrorize a lot of families, a lot of loved ones that are scared to even go outside, to even walk their dog. This makes me feel more at ease. I actually live in Brooklyn Park, so I just can't believe that he's been staying here the entire time, right where a lot of minorities are. So this just makes a lot of people feel more at ease that he is going to get the fuck up out of our city."

20. POLICE OFFICERS WALKING IN LINE

21. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CONFRONTING POLICE OFFICERS

22. POLICE OFFICER APPROACHING PROTESTER AND ASKING HIM TO GET DOWN / PROTESTER BEING TAKEN AWAY

23. VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICERS AROUND PROTESTER SEATED ON GROUND

24. VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICERS STANDING IN LINE

25. PROTESTER WITH UPSIDE DOWN U.S. FLAG