A heated confrontation erupted as progressive Mayor Daniel Biss challenged Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino on camera during an immigration enforcement operation outside Chicago.
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AheatedconfrontationunfoldedWednesdayinEvanston,Illinois,wherecityMayorDanielBiss—aprogressiveDemocratandcongressionalcandidate—confrontedBorderPatrolCmdr.GregoryBovinoduringastreet-levelTitle8immigrationenforcementoperationthatdrew“acoupledozen”protestersandquicklyturnedchaotic,accordingtovideoandaccountspostedonX.
Thestandoffoccurredaround11:30a.m.nearGreenBayRoadandDodgeAvenueinthecityoutsideChicago,wherean11-vehicleBorderPatrolconvoyhadarrivedtodetainmultipleindividuals.EyewitnessMarkWeyermullerwrotethatagents“appearedtodetainatleasttwo”peopleasthecrowdformed.
VideosharedbyFOX32ChicagoreporterParisSchutzshowsBiss,dressedinadarktailoredcoatanddressshoes,visiblystandingoutfromthebundled-upcrowd,steppingdirectlytowardBovinoasprotestersyellandblowwhistlesaroundthem.
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