Target navigates the immigration crackdown
Videos show immigration officers dragging an employee out of a store near Minneapolis.
From The Times
January 20, 2026

Videos emerged last week of immigration officers tackling a Target worker and shoving him into an S.U.V. near Minneapolis, the retailer’s hometown.

Gregory Bovino and several masked officers, all in uniform, walk toward the camera in the front aisle of a Target store.

Adam Gray/Associated Press

The incident set off public anger at Target after years of boycotts. →

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