Greg Bovino to retire from Border Patrol

(NBC, KYMA) - Greg Bovino is retiring from Border Patrol.

Bovino became the face of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown last year, leading Border Patrol operations on the ground most visibly in Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis.

According to two Customs and Border Protection officials, Bovino will retire at the end of the month.

E-mails obtained by NBC News showed Bovino was frustrated in Chicago last October when he was told to "conduct targeted arrests rather than full scale immigration enforcement."

Bovino was removed from his role as CBP commander at large in January and returned to his role as a Border Patrol Sector Chief in El Centro after the deaths of two U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, at the hands of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.

After he was removed, he was replaced by border czar Tom Homan, who oversaw operations in Minnesota.

Bovino's expected departure coincides with the removal of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.