Retirement of Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino: A Legacy of Immigration Enforcement and Innovation
Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent and CBP Operations Commander Gregory Bovino is retiring at the end of March after nearly 30 years with the agency. Bovino led mass-immigration enforcement operations and worked alongside Border Patrol agents in challenging conditions. He played a key role in President Trump's interior immigration enforcement operations, leading agents on deployments in metropolitan areas away from the immediate border. Bovino faced opposition from sanctuary jurisdictions but remained steadfast in his operations. Under his command, agents conducted enforcement sweeps resulting in numerous illegal alien apprehensions in major cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte, New Orleans, and Minneapolis. These operations often faced violent protests and attacks against agents. Bovino's innovative methods included concealing agents within a cargo truck for immigration operations. His leadership culminated in the largest interior mobilization of agents for interior immigration law enforcement in the agency's history, known as "Operation Metro Surge" in Minneapolis. Bovino's retirement marks the end of a distinguished career that spanned various assignments and foreign deployments.