I believe this is BORTAC, the Border Patrol's equivalent of SWAT. The guy who eventually shot the Uvalde killer was part of BORTAC. They're trained operators.
There is literally no justification to use BORTAC to round up day laborers. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.
There is literally no justification to use BORTAC to round up day laborers. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.
I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
June 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I believe this is BORTAC, the Border Patrol's equivalent of SWAT. The guy who eventually shot the Uvalde killer was part of BORTAC. They're trained operators.
There is literally no justification to use BORTAC to round up day laborers. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.
There is literally no justification to use BORTAC to round up day laborers. None. Zero. Zip. Nada.
ICE++ the CBP, and judging from the patches — BORTAC.
BORTAC is a counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
Just shooting people
BORTAC is a counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
Just shooting people
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM
ICE++ the CBP, and judging from the patches — BORTAC.
BORTAC is a counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
Just shooting people
BORTAC is a counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
Just shooting people
holy shit they drove out BORTAC
More feds showed up. Crowd chanting, "fuck ICE!"
These vehicles also reversing out now.
These vehicles also reversing out now.
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 AM
holy shit they drove out BORTAC
DHS and BORTAC storming the Metropolitan Detention Center in an aggressive, militarized crackdown.
June 7, 2026 at 1:01 AM
DHS and BORTAC storming the Metropolitan Detention Center in an aggressive, militarized crackdown.
BORTAC terrorizing random suburbs is just so fucked
The photos in this Chicago Tribune piece… It's a quiet middle-class inner suburb, but these guys look like they're in Fallujah circa 2006.
The uniforms indicate Border Patrol and its BORTAC "special operations" unit.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
The uniforms indicate Border Patrol and its BORTAC "special operations" unit.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
November 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
BORTAC terrorizing random suburbs is just so fucked
source: I've been tear gassed and shot at with impact munitions by BORTAC more times than i can count
January 15, 2026 at 1:48 AM
source: I've been tear gassed and shot at with impact munitions by BORTAC more times than i can count
I was at that confrontation at 28th and Blaisdell. CBP had it mostly under control - we were observing, screaming, and yelling, but there was limited contact between CBP and observers until BORTAC arrived. BORTAC were Bovino's guys.
CBP were obviously bad, too, but BORTAC were way worse.
CBP were obviously bad, too, but BORTAC were way worse.
March 30, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I was at that confrontation at 28th and Blaisdell. CBP had it mostly under control - we were observing, screaming, and yelling, but there was limited contact between CBP and observers until BORTAC arrived. BORTAC were Bovino's guys.
CBP were obviously bad, too, but BORTAC were way worse.
CBP were obviously bad, too, but BORTAC were way worse.
Are you sick of ICE/BORTAC/DHS immoral behavior? I am. Take action today. migrawhistle.carrd.co
#StayLoud
#DemocracyNotDictatorship
#USDemocracy
#voices4Victory
#StayLoud
#DemocracyNotDictatorship
#USDemocracy
#voices4Victory
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Are you sick of ICE/BORTAC/DHS immoral behavior? I am. Take action today. migrawhistle.carrd.co
#StayLoud
#DemocracyNotDictatorship
#USDemocracy
#voices4Victory
#StayLoud
#DemocracyNotDictatorship
#USDemocracy
#voices4Victory
once again kind of remarkable WIRED's business model has successfully become "reviewing every shitty windows laptop on earth so we can afford to publish BORTAC agents' names"
April 2, 2026 at 10:56 AM
once again kind of remarkable WIRED's business model has successfully become "reviewing every shitty windows laptop on earth so we can afford to publish BORTAC agents' names"
after a BORTAC agent trips on his own foot
July 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
after a BORTAC agent trips on his own foot
By mining those data, we ID'd 62 BORTAC members involved in the Chicago clashes, including Padraic Berlin (Detroit BORTAC), who set his K9 loose on an undocumented man during the infamous South Shore Apartment raid, & Paul Delgado (BORTAC El Paso), who was on the same entry team
April 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
By mining those data, we ID'd 62 BORTAC members involved in the Chicago clashes, including Padraic Berlin (Detroit BORTAC), who set his K9 loose on an undocumented man during the infamous South Shore Apartment raid, & Paul Delgado (BORTAC El Paso), who was on the same entry team
This BORTAC crew from the Rio Grande Valley BORTAC detachment (L. Andy Chavez, R. Tee Rico) were at the center of a snatch & grab in the Northside neighborhood of Irving Park right before a children's Halloween parade. Rico's wife, fwiw, is a TV reporter who's covered BORTAC w/no conflict disclosure
April 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This BORTAC crew from the Rio Grande Valley BORTAC detachment (L. Andy Chavez, R. Tee Rico) were at the center of a snatch & grab in the Northside neighborhood of Irving Park right before a children's Halloween parade. Rico's wife, fwiw, is a TV reporter who's covered BORTAC w/no conflict disclosure
WANTED FOR KIDNAPPING / ASSAULT - Andres Sillas, Jr., 49 of Laredo, TX: BORTAC agent with Customs and Border Protection. He is in Minneapolis now and he was in Chicago in October
Insignia "EZ-11" (BORTAC) and "LRT0125" (Laredo SRT). Scorpion patch on helmet. #OneOfOursAllOfYours #ICEList #UnmaskICE
Insignia "EZ-11" (BORTAC) and "LRT0125" (Laredo SRT). Scorpion patch on helmet. #OneOfOursAllOfYours #ICEList #UnmaskICE
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 AM
WANTED FOR KIDNAPPING / ASSAULT - Andres Sillas, Jr., 49 of Laredo, TX: BORTAC agent with Customs and Border Protection. He is in Minneapolis now and he was in Chicago in October
Insignia "EZ-11" (BORTAC) and "LRT0125" (Laredo SRT). Scorpion patch on helmet. #OneOfOursAllOfYours #ICEList #UnmaskICE
Insignia "EZ-11" (BORTAC) and "LRT0125" (Laredo SRT). Scorpion patch on helmet. #OneOfOursAllOfYours #ICEList #UnmaskICE
ditched several rental cars when BORTAC retreated
January 15, 2026 at 5:25 AM
ditched several rental cars when BORTAC retreated
These guys aren’t ICE. They’re much worse: CBP, and judging from the patches — BORTAC.
BORTAC is a Special Ops / counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
What the actual NSPM-7 holy FUCK.
BORTAC is a Special Ops / counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
What the actual NSPM-7 holy FUCK.
January 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
These guys aren’t ICE. They’re much worse: CBP, and judging from the patches — BORTAC.
BORTAC is a Special Ops / counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
What the actual NSPM-7 holy FUCK.
BORTAC is a Special Ops / counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
What the actual NSPM-7 holy FUCK.
[at the BORTAC shura]
"Our HOA is all pro-BORTAC. The HOA down the road is hardcore Antifa."
"Our HOA is all pro-BORTAC. The HOA down the road is hardcore Antifa."
October 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
[at the BORTAC shura]
"Our HOA is all pro-BORTAC. The HOA down the road is hardcore Antifa."
"Our HOA is all pro-BORTAC. The HOA down the road is hardcore Antifa."
tear gas and more pepper balls deployed outside the broadview ice facility. agents detained two more people.
protesters were blocking the driveway so agents, including border patrol’s bortac team, violently pushed protesters and allowed one vehicle to leave and another to enter.
protesters were blocking the driveway so agents, including border patrol’s bortac team, violently pushed protesters and allowed one vehicle to leave and another to enter.
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
tear gas and more pepper balls deployed outside the broadview ice facility. agents detained two more people.
protesters were blocking the driveway so agents, including border patrol’s bortac team, violently pushed protesters and allowed one vehicle to leave and another to enter.
protesters were blocking the driveway so agents, including border patrol’s bortac team, violently pushed protesters and allowed one vehicle to leave and another to enter.
BORTAC agent David R. Dubar, Jr., kidnapper and human trafficker.
BORTAC agent David R. Dubar, Jr., 53, of Sierra Vista, AZ has participated in illegal kidnapping and human trafficking operations in Chicago, Charlotte, and elsewhere. Dubar is on temporarily duty assignment to CBP's Detroit Sector for purposes of deployment to IL and MN. Height 5'8", weight 185lbs.
January 7, 2026 at 11:44 PM
BORTAC agent David R. Dubar, Jr., kidnapper and human trafficker.
Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
I don't want to be a doomer but the answer is DHS, BORTAC, and local sheriffs
i think this should be factored into how states, counties, localities and hospitals respond to these executive orders. "we will investigate you if you teach DEI." okay, with what agents, specifically? with what state capacity?
February 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I don't want to be a doomer but the answer is DHS, BORTAC, and local sheriffs
lol sometimes feels like a little bit of a race to see if BORTAC kills me first, or revolutionary leftists
January 26, 2026 at 4:44 AM
lol sometimes feels like a little bit of a race to see if BORTAC kills me first, or revolutionary leftists
like blow for blow this is the same thing but instead of using CBP and BORTAC and BOP, they're using soldiers
this admin is really trying to "win" Portland again
June 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
like blow for blow this is the same thing but instead of using CBP and BORTAC and BOP, they're using soldiers
Border Commander Greg Bovino stands outside a South Minneapolis gas station this morning with BORTAC officers in what seemed like an effort to draw more and more people to the scene as other agents shoot high resolution video of the crowd yelling and blowing whistles.
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Border Commander Greg Bovino stands outside a South Minneapolis gas station this morning with BORTAC officers in what seemed like an effort to draw more and more people to the scene as other agents shoot high resolution video of the crowd yelling and blowing whistles.