Gregory Bovino, who is heading operations in Chicago for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, ridiculed Illinois state Sen. Karina Villa after she was caught on video making a tearful plea to ICE agents on behalf of illegal immigrants, UK Daily Mail reported. Bovino was speaking on Fox & Friends on Wednesday when he was asked to comment on the video.
As President Donald Trump's administration cracks down on illegal immigration, Democrats dig their heels in against it. Villa was one of those whose over-the-top, tearful pleas to ICE agents demonstrated the ridiculousness of that viewpoint.
Bovino took one look at her conduct and said Villa "may need some help" as the video showed her running down the street and demanding ICE agents remove their masks. Villa represents Illinois' 25th district, which includes areas such as West Chicago and sections of Aurora that have a heavily Hispanic population. She was the first Latina elected to the office and represents a population that is 82% U.S. citizen.
Many on the left routinely engage in political theater to score points with voters and become internet famous. After all, who can forget New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying in front of an empty parking lot back in 2019 as if she were upset at seeing migrants locked away?
Villa seems equally eager to make her mark in the same way after she confronted ICE agents who were just doing their job in a suburb of Chicago on Monday. The state senator can be seen wearing a white structured jacket, red pants, and tan high heels as she runs down the street with her message, like Paul Revere.
"This is my city! This is my city, that’s right!" she yells to ICE agents. Villa sounds like she's crying and becoming hysterical as she makes her impassioned plea to the agents who are outfitted with weapons and bulletproof vests.
She demands they "take off your masks" to the ICE officers and confronts them as they get into their vehicles, though they seem utterly indifferent to her antics. Villa then says to the camera, "Stay in your cars! Tell everyone to stay in their houses!"
There's no word on who captured the video, but Villa clearly wanted it out to the public as she shared it on her Instagram account. "'Today, masked ICE agents targeted families in my hometown as they brought kids to school & headed to work. I stood with my neighbors because fear has no place in our communities," Villa's caption read.
The message Villa was trying to get across fell flat for Bovino, who called Villa out for her insanity. When host Brian Kilmeade asked for Bovino's response, the ICE chief shared his concerns about Villa. "When I see this, I think she really needs to see someone. She may need some help," Bovino said.
He also noted that Villa's request to take the masks off is a bad idea as that part of the uniform is for the safety of the agents who are under attack from leftists angry about the illegal immigration crackdowns. "With a 1,000% increase in assaults against federal agents doing operations such as this, I think it makes sense for these masks to be there," Bovino said.
The official noted that an agent was attacked in Chicago and that their agents are at risk because of these confrontations. "There’s a reason for this," Bovino said. In just the last week, Bovino said there have been "several hundred arrests" in the Chicagoland area because of his agents.
"And you’re going to see those numbers rise," he added. Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has also pushed back against ICE operations, and Bovino said that he would "rather walk the streets with the governor" to show him the problem firsthand. "He better put his walking shoes on if he’s got them in. Let’s take a walk and look at the streets and look at what these aliens are doing to Chicago and its residents," Bovino added.
Villa's antics show that Democrats have yet another unhinged politician among their ranks. Even if they disagree with the ICE raids, which are necessary and very much a part of the agents' jobs, this is not the way to change things.
