Former Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith Speaks Out on Border Patrol Dispute and Firing
Former Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith Speaks Out on Border Patrol Dispute and Firing Michele Beckwith, who served as the acting U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of California, has revealed she was terminated after insisting that Border Patrol agents adhere to a court order prohibiting indiscriminate arrests in the Central Valley. Beckwith, a veteran prosecutor, informed the New York Times that her dismissal followed a warning to Gregory Bovino, chief of the Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector, that a…