Overview

• Acting U.S. attorney Michele Beckwith told El Centro Sector chief Gregory Bovino on July 15 that agents could not conduct indiscriminate stops in her district under a federal court order.
• Less than six hours after her 10:57 a.m. email stressing compliance with court orders and the Constitution, her work devices were disabled and she received an immediate termination notice.
• The April injunction stemmed from an ACLU and United Farm Workers lawsuit after earlier workplace sweeps, and it bars such tactics across the Eastern District from the Oregon border to Bakersfield.
• Two days later, Border Patrol carried out a Sacramento Home Depot raid led by Bovino; local reports say masked agents arrested 11 people as he publicly defended the operations as targeted and constitutional.
• Bovino criticized Beckwith and cited a Sept. 8 Supreme Court ruling that overturned limits on raids in Los Angeles, while Beckwith has appealed her firing and Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the decision; the White House has not commented.