Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino Retires After 30 Years

Gregory Bovino, a longtime U.S. Border Patrol official who led immigration enforcement operations in several major American cities, announced his retirement from the agency at the end of March after nearly 30 years of service.

Bovino, 55, served as chief patrol agent for the El Centro Sector along the California-Mexico border before being appointed as a commander at large in the Trump administration's immigration efforts. In that role, he oversaw raids targeting undocumented immigrants in urban areas far from the border, a departure from the agency's traditional focus on frontier enforcement. The operations, which began in mid-2025, resulted in thousands of arrests across multiple locations, according to Department of Homeland Security records.

The deployments started in Los Angeles in June 2025, where agents conducted arrests at workplaces, residences, and informal day labor sites, including a Home Depot parking lot. Officials reported more than 5,000 arrests during the summer phase. Similar efforts followed in Chicago, where operations over several months in northern Illinois led to over 3,000 detentions. Bovino's teams also operated in Charlotte, New Orleans, and other parts...