Protesters in New Orleans made it nearly impossible for Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino to lead an operation to detain undocumented immigrants.
As Bovino and his men walked throughout the city on Friday, protesters used their First Amendment rights to blow whistles, effectively warning immigrants that law enforcement was in the area. Ukrainian-American journalist Oliya Scootercaster recorded the circus-like atmosphere.
"Good to be back here in the friendly South," Bovino told one reporter. "We just know that there's been a lot of criminals that have been released onto the streets there from individuals such as mayors, and things like that that wanted them to release, we're now cleaning them up."
"You're scaring everybody!" one protester yelled.
During an operation in Chicago last month, a judge said Bovino admitted lying about the use of tear gas on protesters.
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