The rise of Border Patrol in US cities

美国城市中边境巡逻队的兴起

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2025-12-04

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Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection usually police the frontier. But since the summer, the Trump administration has deployed these agents, along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, to Democratic-led cities, often with combustive results. Leading these urban operations is Gregory Bovino, who has become the face of the aggressive crackdown. Host Elahe Izadi speaks with immigration reporter Marianne LeVine about the deep reporting she and other Post reporters did in Chicago, what they uncovered about who is being arrested, and what Operation Midway Blitz can tell us about this new era of immigration enforcement. Today’s show was produced by Laura Benshoff. It was edited by Elana Gordon with help from Reena Flores and mixed by Sean Carter. Thanks to national correspondent Arelis Hernández and immigration editor Christine Armario.  Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
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  • Instead of policing America's rugged frontiers,

  • these border agents are being deployed to Los Angeles,

  • Washington DC, Chicago, Charlotte, and as of this morning, New Orleans.

  • They're joining other immigration agents from the Department of Homeland Security in these urban operations.

  • We're seeing a really aggressive approach to immigration enforcement in these blue cities.

  • We're seeing the rise of border patrol agents taking on a more prominent role in conducting these mass arrests.

  • Marianne Levine covers immigration for the post, and she says a clear pattern has emerged.

  • We're really seeing the lengths to which the administration is willing to go.

  • when it comes to reaching President Trump's deportation goals.

  • The Trump administration claims to be going after, quote, violent offenders.

  • And in each city, they're touting big arrest numbers.

  • But verifying all this and who is even being deported is more complicated.

  • So Marianne and our colleagues on the immigration team decided to go deep in one city, Chicago.