Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol commander at large, briefly became the public face of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota. Eagle-eyed observers spotted Bovino in South Dakota and Wyoming as he traveled west in a convoy of SUVs earlier this week. Then on Wednesday evening, Bovino was seen near Mount Rushmore in a video message posted to X by Nick Sortor, a conservative influencer. In the video, Bovino references Mount Rushmore and said: "Team, behind me are a few individuals there, that's the original turn and burn. She shared the video with the Minnesota Star Tribune: A man resembling Bovino seen outside a black SUV with law enforcement vehicles surrounding the car.