Trump's Ex-Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Declares He Wants to Deport Nearly One-Third of the People in the U.S.

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Jun 8th, 2026, 6:55 pm


Gregory Bovino, who previously served as Border Patrol Commander in President Donald Trump’s administration, responded to reports he was considering running for president with a declaration about his preferred immigration policies that included some mathematically ludicrous figures.

Bovino’s tenure as Border Patrol commander occurred during a period of growing backlash to Trump’s immigration crackdown, sparking nationwide protests and multiple court challenges, especially after two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis: Renee Good on Jan. 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, and Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 by Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Polling shows public opinion has significantly soured on the Trump administration’s immigration policies, even among Republicans.

The controversy ultimately led to the ouster of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in March and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) taking her place; DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin exited the month prior. Bovino himself was defenestrated from his position in January shortly after the shootings of Pretti and Good, reassigned out of Minneapolis, and then his “retirement” was announced. On Monday, NewsNation reported that Bovino was considering running for president in 2028, including on-the-record quotes from him and a “Bovino 2028” website he had launched — and the slogan “Men Fight Back.”.

Later Monday afternoon, Bovino shared the NewsNation report on X, along with a lengthy tweet of his own declaring the kind of immigration policies he would support. Wrote Bovino:

NewsNation is reporting I’m exploring a run for President in 2028.

Here’s the truth: My one and only priority is deporting the 106 million illegals who are here. That’s it.

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[2naSalit]

1. He can be president...

Of a prison cell at The Hague!

[Lonestarblue]

2. That's almost a third of all Americans, so he wants to deport citizens also.

We can all guess which ones.

[pat_k]

19. He probably wants a three-generation mandate (with proofs) for non-white people.

You know, Ann Couler's little dream of only third-generation people voting (with "at least" four grandparents born here... like there could be more than four). Bovino would love to require non-white people to prove third-generation status to stay here. No need for proofs from white people. Doncha know the U.S. isn't a nation built on ideas, it's the white ethnic homeland?

Just imagine how many they could deport if they decided non-whites had to produce birth certificates proving status as a third-generation 'Merican?

Person X's birth certificate with both father and mother named.

Matching birth certificate for X's father, with their father (X's paternal grandfather) and mother (X's paternal grandmother) named.

Matching birth certificate for X's mother, with their father (X's maternal grandfather) and mother (X's maternal grandmother) named.

Matching birth certificates for each of the following to prove they were born here:
X's named paternal grandfather
X's named paternal grandmother
X's named maternal grandfather
X's named maternal grandmother

It's my understanding that the federal government and Native American tribes have extensive and accurate record-keeping, so, presumably they'd have no trouble providing proofs (unless the "this is a White Christian homeland" wingnuts somehow disallowed).

Of course, African Americans would be disproportionately tossed out by Jim Crow segregation and discriminatory hospital policies that left many with no "official" certificate for home births.

[Wiz Imp]

30. Well, that would mean the entire Trump family would be deported. I could support that much at least!

[pat_k]

32. If the U.S. as "white homeland" people had their way, white people would need no proof.

They could just waltz right in.

[VMA131Marine]

29. He apparently wants to deport natural born citizens because there are only 60-70 million foreign-born people in the US

Most of the foreign born are either naturalised citizens or permanent residents with 10-12 million undocumented.

I guess his theory will be that children born here to non-citizens are not actually natural-born as per the 14th Amendment.

It’s an idiotic idea on its face that would collapse the economy. You can’t take 30% of the population out of an economy without tanking housing prices, creating massive labour shortages, decimating agricultural production, etc., etc. The US is not overpopulated by any stretch of the imagination. If there is a problem it’s that economic opportunity is concentrated in the urban centers causing people to move there in disproportionate numbers. There are enough stupid and dogmatically driven people in the GOP that Bovino might get some traction as the heir to Trump on immigration.

[lonely bird]

3. If he thinks his MAGA "cred" will protect him

I think he is fooling himself.

[ToxMarz]

4. Let me guess, Vice President Spencer Pratt

They should form their own Clown Party.

[Javaman]

5. I did nazi this coming. nt

[Ray Bruns]

6. Here's the picture of Bovino I want to see

[ChicagoTeamster]

7. They're all idiots. They're getting rid of essential workers. It's affecting agriculture, construction, food processing,

Medical, etc and most of the people they’re trying to deport are here legally. They’re just grabbing them because of racial profiling. They’ve even tried to deport citizens.

[littlemissmartypants]

21. And they are getting paid by the head like ...

f^cking sellers of livestock. There are quotas. Bounties. And probably kickbacks from the owners of the so-called detention centers.

It's a massive criminal enterprise and they are taking OUR MONEY to do it.

[twodogsbarking]

8. If hell is real there is a seat reserved for him.

[ret5hd]

12. does this seat have a booster?

[twodogsbarking]

17. A tray.

[littlemissmartypants]

25. I prefer a remote controlled ejection seat.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. It's not just him - the official DHS Twitter feed announced it in December 2025

Link to tweet

(a tropical beach, with just a (sixties?) car on it, captioned "America After 100 Million Deportations", and "The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world" added. The original artist, Hiroshi Nagai, objected to his work being used without permission)

[Srkdqltr]

10. But they are putting them in jails, not deporting.

[BadgerKid]

28. You misspelled concentration camps. Nt

[orangecrush]

11. Sick unit

[SidneyR]

13. Ooh, I'll go!

Deport me to Kent, UK. My great-grandfather made a dumb mistake.

[Doodley]

27. Not many people know there's a b in dumb.

[Ritabert]

14. I'm sure his ancestors from Calabria would be proud.

I'm sure they weren't welcomed with open arms like the rest of the Italians, Irish, Jewish, Polish, etc. immigrants.

[aggiesal]

15. What does he consider illegal? ...

Bovino sounds Italian, let's start with him.

[Nigrum Cattus]

16. Just think how RWRE you have to be be to say that -

The RWRE's in the U.S. are really completely living in their own world.
RWRE = right wing religious extremists

[mdbl]

18. ok Mr Himmler

F Off!

[Midnight Writer]

20. I'd kinda like to deport about 106 million people, too.

[Martin68]

22. This would be funny - something straight out of the Onion - if it weren't deadly serious.

The truth is, they really would like to deport citizens who happen to be liberals, socialists, gay, women, Black, Latino, - the list is endless. Basically everybody except for MAGA voters.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

23. Bovino is an asshole and the best response is to laugh at this idiot

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[GenThePerservering]

24. "Men Fight Back"?

[Coldwater]

26. Greg Bovino a t5 feet 4 inches

is suffering from a Napoleon complex

[LudwigPastorius]

31. Fuck that little half-a-bastard.

[Jilly_in_VA]

33. "Bovino" is not exactly an AMERICAN name

if you want to quibble about that, Mister. Just exactly HOW far back can you trace your American "roots", boy? We would like to know that.

[sakabatou]

34. Bovino must've gotten ideas from Unit 751 and Hitler