Greg Bovino's 30-year career stands as a testament to what real border enforcement looks like: — leading the largest interior immigration operations in agency history across Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis. Sanctuary city politicians threw every obstacle possible at these operations, yet agents still made thousands of arrests of criminal aliens and gang members. Bovino leaves with his head held high, and that record speaks for itself.
Bovino's tenure left two U.S. citizens dead, a court record of lying about excessive force and a trail of racial profiling complaints across every city where operations ran. Minnesota authorities are now launching a formal investigation into Operation Metro Surge, meaning retirement won't shield Bovino from accountability. Walking away with a pension doesn't erase the damage done to communities across the country.
There's a 50% chance that the U.S. will remove an average of 406,000 noncitizens from the country from 2026-2028, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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