Video Shows Border Patrol Marching Orders In LA: 'This Is Our City'

LOS ANGELES, CA — In a video that has recently resurfaced, Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is shown rallying agents in Los Angeles over the summer, foreshadowing the kind of tactics he would go on to employ in deadly conflicts with protesters in Minnesota about six months later.

The video, captured on June 7, shows Bovino speaking to agents as federal authorities kicked off a large-scale crackdown on immigrants in Los Angeles, the New York Times reported.

“Arrest as many people that touch you as you want to. Those are the general orders, all the way to the top," Bovino says in the video.

Bovino, who had been referred to as the Border Patrol's "commander at large," has become the face of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown as well as the backlash to it. He led operations in the Southland over the summer before moving on to head operations in Chicago, Charlotte, North Carolina, New Orleans, and most recently in Minnesota, where his aggressive campaign has led to clashes with protesters.

Two citizens have been shot and killed by federal agents this month in Minneapolis during what authorities have dubbed "Operation Micro Surge."

Bovino has defended the shooting death of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, which occurred during protests following the killing of Renée Good in the city earlier this month.

Bovino has since been demoted from his "commander at large" role, according to reports from the Atlantic and other outlets. Following his arguments with lawmakers and others online, the Department of Homeland Security suspended access to his social media accounts, CNN reported on Monday.

The video was made public last year as part of a federal lawsuit over immigration enforcement in Chicago. It resurfaced online later this week after Bovino was recalled from Minnesota, according to the Times.

The video ends with someone asking, “Whose city is it, chief?”

"It's our (expletive) city," yells Bovina.