DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin denied the claims that Bovino had been relieved of his duties as Border Patrol ‘commander at large,’ which was first reported by The Atlantic
Border Patrol “commander at large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and will return back to his old job in California, according to reports.
Bovino, who has been heavily involved in crackdowns on immigration across the country, will return to El Centro and is expected to retire soon, a DHS official and two other sources told The Atlantic.
It comes following the recent chaotic events in Minneapolis, in which two protesters have been shot dead by federal agents in less than three weeks. Renee Nicole Good was shot by an ICE agent on January 7 and ICU nurse Alex Pretti was killed Saturday.
Every time I hear his name I can’t help but think of a cow, but this guy is full of more bullshit than any 4-legged bovine
ICEhole.
Tldr. …do they mean retire as in his life force being lost?
“He needs to be retired” is not the same as retiring.
No, retire as in under a truck
He’s going to try and escape responsibility.
Leave the job, go elsewhere for a bit and quietly retire so he’s forgotten as the shit continues under someone else.
You know that scene in Iron Man where Tony leaves the one terrorist to the families? “He’s all yours.”
Just saying, that’s a great scene.
He’s … 56? now, and mandatory retirement age is 57, so he was planning to leave soon anyway. This is just him being moved off the board in an attempt to reset public opinion regarding ICE operations and de-escalate the resistance.
El Centro California
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SHITHEAD RIGHT BEHIND HIM when the fuck will you people get it. Tear the cancer out at the root
We need to track him down and make his life hell.
But he only got to use his SS-wannabe coat in one photo op. This is hardly fair.
spoiler
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He’s worn that shit dozens of times.
fair
I first read that as flair. As in Trump fired him because he didn’t have enough pieces of flair on. Like, Trump was counting and only saw 6 piece of fascist flair, and well…
That’s the minimum, Greg. Do you want to go through life just doing the minimum?
I bet he did Nazi that coming.
Ties his shoes with little knotzies.
Calling it now:
This is a bid from the GOP to convince Dems to fund DHS and stop the shutdown from happening.
And the dumb ass Dems might actually take the bait and pretend its a victory
This lets the complicit dems save face while still capitulating like they want.
My understanding is that a shutdown would not stop ICE. They would not be part of that.
That’s exactly what they are going to fucking do.
And the dumb ass Dems might actually take the bait and pretend its a victory
Might? It’s almost a certainty at this point 😮💨
I hope he lives long enough to stand trial once a same government reemerges. Would love to see this fucker prosecuted and standing before a firing squad.
To paraphrase my betters, I would never wish a man dead but I long to read this fuckers obituary. Ah, who am I kidding. I’m wishing as hard as I can for more than a few of these guys shuck their mortal coils.
You think these dems will take it back?
You hang them like common criminals, you don’t shoot them like soldiers:
Göring made an appeal asking to be shot as a soldier instead of hanged as a common criminal, but the court refused.
He won’t. The border patrol has killed hundreds of people over the years and it’s not going to suddenly start mattering anytime soon.
Only reason we know this dude is because he’s especially stupid about it, just like his boss.
Good, but ICE is still operating in Twin Cities and is also targeting to Maine now. The pressure on elected officials to abolish ICE and DHS must continue. DHS funding must be stripped.
Bovino was alway going to be a fall guy and this isn’t nearly enough punishment for him. Jonathan Ross is still at large and the officers that executed Alex Pretti are still out there.
At large suggests they are wanted, minnesota has not charged them still.
They are wanted by a very pissed off public and two families those murderers wrecked.
Instead of “could retire” make it “will be jailed”
Hey Greg? Why don’t you go back to MN afterwards and walk the streets? See how much safer you must feel, how effective you were that you should put on your SS trench coat and go tour what is clearly just another US state. Should be fine no? I mean you made it safer there right?
Scum like Bovino don’t live with actual risk like the rest of us. The current admin will protect him. He is also wealthy already and after his exit can simply pay for ongoing security by jumping into the rightwing media grift machine. He will shit out a book, do some podcasts and the LEO conference speaking circuit, and never need to worry for his safety like the people he and his fascist organization have threatened and brutalized.
Unless he’s on some kind of regular protection I wouldn’t be surprised if someone in California takes it upon themselves to dispatch of this guy. Unfortunate that he (most likely) won’t ever stand trial.
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He should be fired… out of a canon… into the sun. (That’s a “Futurama” reference for those who are likely to overreact)
I bet when he retires he’s gonna take off that uniform. Now that I can’t abide.
